The Love of Books
Subtitle: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
Contributors: Thomas, Ernest Chester, 1850-1892.
Publisher: A Moring, the De la More press
Published: 1903
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Book collecting.
Other titles: Philobiblon.
Table of contents: title: PROLOGUE
pagenum: 1; label: I
title: That the Treasure of Wisdom is Chiefly Contained in Books
pagenum: 7; label: II
title: The Degree of Affection that is Properly Due to Books
pagenum: 14; label: III
title: What we are to Think of the Price in the Buying of Books
pagenum: 19; label: IV
title: The Complaint of Books against the Clergy Already Promoted
pagenum: 22; label: V
title: The Complaint of Books against the Possessioners
pagenum: 34; label: VI
title: The Complaint of Books against the Mendicants
pagenum: 38; label: VII
title: The Complaint of Books against Wars
pagenum: 46; label: VIII
title: Of the Numerous Opportunities we have had of Collecting a Store of Books
pagenum: 53; label: IX
title: How, although we Preferred the Works of the Ancients, we have not Condemned the Studies of the Moderns
pagenum: 65; label: X
title: Of the Gradual Perfecting of Books
pagenum: 72; label: XI
title: Why we have Preferred Books of Liberal Learning to Books of Law
pagenum: 77; label: XII
title: Why we have Caused Books of Grammar to be so Diligently Prepared
pagenum: 81; label: XIII
title: Why we have not Wholly Neglected the Fables of the Poets
pagenum: 83; label: XIV
title: Who Ought to be Special Lovers of Books
pagenum: 88; label: XV
title: Of the Advantages of the Love of Books
pagenum: 91; label: XVI
title: That it is Meritorious to Write New Books and to Renew the Old
pagenum: 98; label: XVII
title: Of Showing Due Propriety in the Custody of Books
pagenum: 104; label: XVIII
title: Showeth that we have Collected so Great Store of Books for the Common Benefit of Scholars and not only for our own Pleasure
pagenum: 110; label: XIX
title: Of the Manner of Lending all our Books to Students
pagenum: 114; label: XX
title: An Exhortation to Scholars to Requite us by Pious Prayers
pagenum: 118