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THE PLEASURES OF BIBLIOPHILY: FIFTY YEARS OF THE BOOK COLLECTOR, AN ANTHOLOGY.
Barker, Nicolas
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First edition. The Book Collector (which started publication in 1952) has established itself as the one of the leading authoritative journals for those interested in all aspects of bibliophily. Nicolas Barker, The Book Collector's editor for the past 37 years, has produced an anthology taking the best essays printed over the last 50 years and combining them into one book. Many articles deal with particular collectors: J.R. Abbey (A.N.L. Munby and Anthony Hobson), Chester Beatty (Christopher de Hamel), Martin Bodmer (B.H. Breslauer), John Cosin (A.I. Doyle), C.H. Hartshorne and Richard Heber (Arnold Hunt), Philip Hofer (W.A. Jackson), Geoffrey Keynes (David McKitterick), Narcissus Luttell (J.M. Osborn), Solomon Pottesman (Alan Thomas), Richard Rawlinson (B.J. Enright), and Harry Widener (Arthur Freeman). A number of other essays are concerned with particular books, authors, or related topics. This work also examines notable books, including the first edition of the infamous Fanny Hill, and also portrays the personalities of a number of famous collectors, from Richard Heber and Sir Thomas Phillipps, to Chester Beatty, Martin Bodmer and Philip Hofer. Co-published with the British Library. Sales Rights: North and South America; available elsewhere from The British Library
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CLASSAZIONE DEI LIBRI A STAMPA DELL'I. E R. PALATINA IN C...
by Palermo, Francesco
This book presents the classification system Palermo devised for Florence's Biblioteca Palatina (royal palace library). In 1861, the Biblioteca Palatina was merged with Florence's Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, where the collection is now housed. The comprehensive system was designed to encompass all of human knowledge in 22 general categories: Religion, Language and Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Geography, Antiquity, History, Education and Morality, Social Sciences, Political Sciences and Government, Semiotics and Cognition, Fine Arts, Architecture, Military Sciences, Performing Arts, Health Sciences, Applied Physics, Mining and Farming, Industrial Arts, and Tuscany. Petzholdt (p.61) lists the categories in Italian as published. The book includes an index and table of contents. A 15-page offprint from Archivio Storico Italiano (Nuova Serie T. VIII, 1858) of a detailed review of this work by E. Basevi is loosely inserted. The covers of this copy are worn, especially at the edges. The spine is damaged, cracked at the folds. The edges of the text block are moderately soiled. A modest early library stamp appears on the titlepage and a bookplate is on the front pastedown. The interior is clean, except for some minor foxing.
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