Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TO THE READER
- Contents
- PART I THE EVENING WALK. On the right uses of Literature
- PART II THE CABINET. Outline of Foreign and Domestic Bibliography
- PART III THE AUCTION-ROOM. Character of Orlando. Of ancient Prices of Books, and of Book-Binding. Book-Auction Bibliomaniacs
- PART IV THE LIBRARY. Dr. Henry's History of Great Britain. A Game at Chess. Of Monachism and Chivalry. Dinner at Lorenzo's. Some Account of Book Collectors in England
- PART V THE DRAWING ROOM. History of the Bibliomania, or Account of Book Collectors, concluded
- PART VI THE ALCOVE. Symptoms of the Disease called the Bibliomania. Probable Means of its Cure
- SUPPLEMENT
- CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
- GENERAL INDEX
- Errata
- Plate section
PART II - THE CABINET. Outline of Foreign and Domestic Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- TO THE READER
- Contents
- PART I THE EVENING WALK. On the right uses of Literature
- PART II THE CABINET. Outline of Foreign and Domestic Bibliography
- PART III THE AUCTION-ROOM. Character of Orlando. Of ancient Prices of Books, and of Book-Binding. Book-Auction Bibliomaniacs
- PART IV THE LIBRARY. Dr. Henry's History of Great Britain. A Game at Chess. Of Monachism and Chivalry. Dinner at Lorenzo's. Some Account of Book Collectors in England
- PART V THE DRAWING ROOM. History of the Bibliomania, or Account of Book Collectors, concluded
- PART VI THE ALCOVE. Symptoms of the Disease called the Bibliomania. Probable Means of its Cure
- SUPPLEMENT
- CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
- GENERAL INDEX
- Errata
- Plate section
Summary
SUCH is the lively description of a spring morning, in the opening of Alain. Chartier's ‘ Livre des quatre dames;’ and, with the exception of the violets, such description conveyed a pretty accurate idea of the scenery which presented itself, from the cabinet window, to the eyes of Lysander and Philemon.
Phil. HOW delightful, my dear friend, are the objects which we have before our eyes, within and without doors. The freshness of the morning air, of which we have just been partaking in yonder field, was hardly more reviving to my senses, than is the sight of this exquisite cabinet of bibliographical works, adorned with small busts and whole-length figures from the antique! You see these precious books are bound chiefly in Morocco, or Russia leather; and the greater part of them appear to be printed upon large paper.
Lysand. Our friend makes these books a sort of hobby-horse, and perhaps indulges his vanity in them to excess. They are undoubtedly useful in their way.
Phil. You are averse then to the study of bibliography?
Lysand. By no means. I have already told you of my passion for books, and cannot, therefore, dislike bibliography.
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- BibliomaniaOr Book Madness; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts, pp. 27 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1811