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A Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning. By the late Joseph Addison, Esq.; now first published from an of Mr. Addison's, Prepared and Corrected by himself. London, Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn, 1739. Fol. The first edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Evil Eye
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The Great Book-Collectors
The Great Book-Collectors is an 1893 book by British author Charles Isaac Elton, dealing with the subject of bibliophilia and bibliomania. The book describes real events behind the formation of such institutions as the British Library and Ashmolean Museum. Although, the central theme of this work is the history of the most outstanding books, from the ancient manuscripts, through the first printed books to beautiful wood-carvings and the masterpieces of the twentieth century.
Book Madness
The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the sale of Charles Lamb’s library in 1848 Charles Lamb’s library—a heap of sixty scruffy old books singed with smoke, soaked with gin, sprinkled with crumbs, stripped of illustrations, and bescribbled by the essayist and his literary friends—caused a sensation when it was sold in New York in 1848. The transatlantic book world watched as the relics of a man revered as the patron saint of book collectors were dispersed. Following those books through the stories of the bibliophiles who shaped intellectual life in America—booksellers, publishers, journalists, editors, bibliographers, librarians, actors, antiquarians, philanthropists, politicians, poets, clergymen—Denise Gigante brings to life a lost world of letters at a time when Americans were busy assembling the country’s major public, university, and society libraries. A human tale of loss, obsession, and spiritual survival, this book reveals the magical power books can have to bring people together and will be an absorbing read for anyone interested in what makes a book special.
The Bookworm
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