Title: The new bibliopolis : French book collectors and the culture of print, 1880-1914 /
Authors: Silverman, Willa Z., 1959-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Book collectors France History.; Book collectors France Biography.; Books France History; Books France History; Book collecting France History.; Bibliomania History.; Bibliophiles France Histoire.; Bibliophiles France Biographies.; Livres France Histoire; Livres France Histoire; Bibliophilie France Histoire.; Bibliomanie Histoire.; Bibliophiler.; Buchdruck.; Frankreich.
Contents: Introduction : the new bibliopolis -- 1. Books worthy of our era? Octave Uzanne, technology, and the luxury book -- 2. Ancients against moderns : bibliophilia at the fin de siècle -- 3. Everything to the moderns : independent and contemporary bibliophiles -- 4. Artist and amateur in the creation of fin-de-siècle Illustrated books -- 5. Unpacking his library : Robert de Montesquiou and the aesthetics of the book -- 6. The enemies of books? Women and the bibliophilic imagination -- 7. Conclusion : the end of books?