Excursions in Libraria
Subtitle: being restrospective reviews and bibliographical notes
By: by G.H. Powell ///
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons
Published: 1896
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Books and reading; Bibliography -- Early editions and rare books
Table of contents: value: Preface.-  The philosophy of rarity.  [Rev. and enl. from "A discourse of rare books", in Macmillan's magazine, July, 1893]-  A Gascon tragedy (14th cent.)  [Episode from Froissart relating to Gaston III Phébus, comte de Foix]-  A shelf of old story books.-  The pirates' paradise (1740)-  A medley of memoirs.-  With Rabelais at Rome (1536)- The wit of history.  [Based on article in Pall Mall magazine, Feb. 1895]- Index.