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The Love of Books (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
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The Love of Books (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
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Since its appearance in the middle of the fourteenth century, The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury has been a beloved guide to a life with books. Written by a bishop and royal counselor who amassed a vast personal library, the book is at once an ode to the joys of book collecting and a solemn benediction on the spiritual value of learning. Books have undergone remarkable changes since the illuminated manuscripts Richard de Bury collected and read with loving care, but the medieval bishop's passion and commitment to the world of letters remains a model for bibliophiles to this day.
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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Introduction
- PROLOGUE
- CHAPTER ONE - THAT THE TREASURE OF WISDOM IS CHIEFLY CONTAINED IN BOOKS
- CHAPTER TWO - THE DEGREE OF AFFECTION THAT IS PROPERLY DUE TO BOOKS
- CHAPTER THREE - WHAT WE ARE TO THINK OF THE PRICE IN THE BUYING OF BOOKS
- CHAPTER FOUR - THE COMPLAINT OF BOOKS AGAINST THE CLERGY ALREADY PROMOTED
- CHAPTER FIVE - THE COMPLAINT OF BOOKS AGAINST THE POSSESSIONERS
- CHAPTER SIX - THE COMPLAINT OF BOOKS AGAINST THE MENDICANTS
- CHAPTER SEVEN - THE COMPLAINT OF BOOKS AGAINST WARS
- CHAPTER EIGHT - OF THE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE HAD OF COLLECTING A ...
- CHAPTER NINE - HOW, ALTHOUGH WE PREFERRED THE WORKS OF THE ANCIENTS, WE HAVE ...
- CHAPTER TEN - OF THE GRADUAL PERFECTING OF BOOKS
- CHAPTER ELEVEN - WHY WE HAVE PREFERRED BOOKS OF LIBERAL LEARNING TO BOOKS OF LAW
- CHAPTER TWELVE - WHY WE HAVE CAUSED BOOKS OF GRAMMAR TO BE SO DILIGENTLY PREPARED
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN - WHY WE HAVE NOT WHOLLY NEGLECTED THE FABLES OF THE POETS
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN - WHO OUGHT TO BE SPECIAL LOVERS OF BOOKS
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN - OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE LOVE OF BOOKS
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN - THAT IT IS MERITORIOUS TO WRITE NEW BOOKS AND TO RENEW THE OLD
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - OF SHOWING DUE PROPRIETY IN THE CUSTODY OF BOOKS
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - SHOWETH THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED SO GREAT STORE OF BOOKS FOR ...
- CHAPTER NINETEEN - OF THE MANNER OF LENDING ALL OUR BOOKS TO STUDENTS
- CHAPTER TWENTY - AN EXHORTATION TO SCHOLARS TO REQUITE US BY PIOUS PRAYERS
- ENDNOTES