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This beautiful book commemorates the first annual exhibition of the Club of Odd Volumes, an exclusive Boston-based society dedicated to the arts and literature. Featuring stunning reproductions of some of the finest works by the club's members, this book is a must-have for collectors of rare books and art enthusiasts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Excerpt from Collectors: An Address Read to the Club of Odd Volumes at Its Annual Meeting, Boston, December 18, 1907 It is not necessary, and indeed there is not now time, to consider anything in Antiquity. We begin with some Of the great - the greatest - collectors in the Middle Ages; these were some of the Mo nasti'c Orders, notably the Benedictines. Literature and History owe a large debt of gratitude to this illustrious Order. The libraries they made or gathered were, in their time, the shrines and strongholds Of Civilization. All the world has never seen a grander and more impressively seated institution than Saint Benedict's Monastery on the Monte Cassino. Venerable in age and history,...