Anatomy of Bibliomania
Publisher: Ams Pr Inc
Published: June 1985
Language: eng
Number of pages: 668
ISBN-13: 9780404153373
First sentence: Books, the most excellent and noble creations of Man, are, saith one, for company, the best Friends; in doubts Counsellours; in Damps Comforters; Time's Prospective, the home Traveller's Ship, or Horse, the busie man's best Recreation, the Opiate of Idle Weariness, the Mindes best Ordinary, Nature's Garden and Seed-plot of Immortality.