The Book-hunter at HomeP. Allan, 1922 - 275 páginas I. Adventures among books.--II. The library.--III. Books which form the library.--IV. Chivalry and romance.--V-VI. The care of books.--VII. Books of the collector.--VIII-IX. A plea for specialism.--Index |
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... quarto volumes . From this task Hawkesworth gleaned £ 6000 , and although we are told that the book was read with an avidity proportioned to the novelty of the adventures which it recorded , ' yet the compiler so far offended against ...
... quarto volumes . From this task Hawkesworth gleaned £ 6000 , and although we are told that the book was read with an avidity proportioned to the novelty of the adventures which it recorded , ' yet the compiler so far offended against ...
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... quarto volumes of that ingenious Frenchman , M. Jean Etienne Montucla . This work , the ' Histoire de Mathematiques , ' first appeared in two volumes in 1758 ; but the author devoted the later years of his life to enlarging it and the ...
... quarto volumes of that ingenious Frenchman , M. Jean Etienne Montucla . This work , the ' Histoire de Mathematiques , ' first appeared in two volumes in 1758 ; but the author devoted the later years of his life to enlarging it and the ...
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... quarto in 1900 . Mr. Carl Thimm's ' Art of Fence : a Complete Bibliography ' appeared in 1891 ; an enlarged edition was put forth in 1896 . 39. Books on Music may be divided conveniently into the numerous sub - headings which treat of ...
... quarto in 1900 . Mr. Carl Thimm's ' Art of Fence : a Complete Bibliography ' appeared in 1891 ; an enlarged edition was put forth in 1896 . 39. Books on Music may be divided conveniently into the numerous sub - headings which treat of ...
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CONTENTS CHAP PAGE I ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS I | 25 |
THE LIBRARY | 31 |
BOOKS WHICH FORM THE LIBRARY | 58 |
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