Bibliomania; or Book-Madness / A Bibliographical Romance
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About This Book
Dibdin's Bibliomania is an anthem to the printed book, a warning to the unwary about the perils of obsessive book-collecting, and the confessions of a rabid book-collector. As a casual glance at the book will show, Dibdin's footnotes predominate over text, and it is in the footnotes that the interest lies. They invite questions as often as they answer them. What is the supposed similarity between 'Orator' Henley's library and Addison's memoranda for the Spectator? What cutting words did Edward Gibbon write about Thomas Hearne? Why should we not be surprised to find a book on American history b...
Chapters (38)(click to expand)
- INDEXES.
- CHRONOLOGICAL, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, AND GENERAL.
- CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.
- Lovers and Collectors of Books in Great Britain.
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
- GENERAL INDEX.
- I. iii
- I. iv
- I. v
- I. vi
- I. vii
- I. viii
- I. ix
- I. x
- I. xi
- I. xii
- I. xiii
- I. xiv
- I. xv
- I. xvi
- I. xvii
- I. xviii
- I. xix
- I. xx
- I. xxi
- I. xxii
- I. xxiii
- I. xxiv
- I. xxv
- I. xxvi
- I. xxvii
- I. xxviii
- I. xxix
- I. xxx
- I. xxxi
- I. xxxii
- I. xxxiii
- I. xxxiv
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