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- BOOK COLLECTING
- J. H. SLATER
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT—THE LIBRARY OF THE MEMNONIUM—THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY—GREECE AND ROME—MONASTIC MANUSCRIPTS—THE DISCOVERY OF PRINTING—THE BOOK HUNTERS OF THE PAST—THE BOOK HUNTERS OF TO-DAY—BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AIDS.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE FIRST ENGLISH AUCTION SALE—FASHION IN BOOK COLLECTING—SPECIAL BOOKS OF REFERENCE RELATING TO PARTICULAR BRANCHES OF BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.
- PAPER-MAKING—DIFFERENT SIZES OF PAPER—DIFFERENT SIZES OF BOOKS—MEASUREMENTS WATER-MARKS—BOOKS TO CONSULT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE COLOPHON—TITLE-PAGE—THE FIRST BOOK WITH A DATE—COLLATING—ROMAN NOTATION—LATINISED NAMES OF PLACES, WITH THEIR MODERN EQUIVALENTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V.
- THE REASONS WHICH MAKE A BOOK VALUABLE—SCARCITY— SUPPRESSED WORKS—SOME BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THE HANGMAN—WORKS PRIVATELY SUPPRESSED—WORKS OF LIMITED ISSUE—TRANSACTIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES—DEFECTS—"UNCUT" WORKS—IMPERFECT COPIES—"MADE-UP" COPIES—FAC-SIMILE LEAVES—LAYING DOWN—BOOKS PUBLISHED IN PARTS—LARGE-PAPER COPIES.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE RENOVATION OF BOOKS—DAMP—GREASE MARKS—SURFACE STAINS—BOOK WORMS AND OTHER PESTS.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE ALDINE PRESS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE ELZEVIR PRESS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE EARLY ENGLISH PRESSES.
- CHAPTER X.
- ON BINDINGS OLD AND NEW.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI.
- BOOKS TO BUY.
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