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The Philobiblon

The Philobiblon

de Bury, Richard

Hardcover

Series: Dover Literature: Nonfiction

General Antiques & CollectiblesGeneral LawBritish History

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ISBN10: 0486832465
ISBN13: 9780486832463
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Jun 12 2019
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.80 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Will always hold an honorable place for bibliophiles. -- The University of Chicago Press
One of the earliest treatises on the value of preserving neglected manuscripts, building a library, and book collecting, Richard De Bury's The Philobiblon was written in 1345 and circulated widely in manuscript form for over a century. The first printed edition appeared in Cologne in 1473, and several others soon followed as the invention of the printing press spread throughout the late Medieval world. The chapter titles of this legendary work reflect its nature, combining the author's love for and commitment to the importance of books and the knowledge they contain with thoughts on collecting them, lending them, teaching with them, and simply enjoying them: That the Treasure of Wisdom is chiefly contained in books, What we are to think of the price in the buying of books, Who ought to be special lovers of books, and Of the manner of lending all our books to students. The Prologue ends with the following thought:

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