Author |
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 |
Title |
The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
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Contents |
My first love -- The birth of a new passion -- The luxury of reading in bed -- The mania of collecting seizes me -- Baldness and intellectuality -- My romance with Fiammetta -- The delights of fender-fishing -- Ballads and their makers -- Booksellers and printers, old and new -- When Fanchonette bewitched me -- Diagnosis of the Bacillus Librorum -- The pleasures of extra-illustration -- On the odors which my books exhale -- Elzevirs and divers other matters -- A book that brings solace and cheer -- The malady called Catalogitis -- The Napoleonic Renaissance -- My workshop and others -- Our debt to monkish men.
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Credits |
Produced by Charles Keller
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
Z: Bibliography, Library science
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LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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Subject |
Book collecting
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
443 |
Release Date |
Feb 1, 1996 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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