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Bibliomania; or Book-Madness

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness

by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

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Author
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847
Title
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
Credits
E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Books -- Prices
Category
Text
eBook-No.
28540
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28540
Release Date
April 8, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. 3.Advertisement.
  4. 4.TO THE READER.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.The Bibliomania. — POSTSCRIPT.
  7. 7.PART I. The Evening Walk. — ON THE RIGHT USES OF LITERATURE.
  8. 8.The Evening Walk. — ON THE RIGHT USES OF LITERATURE.
  9. 9.PART II. The Cabinet. — OUTLINE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.
  10. 10.The Cabinet. — OUTLINE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. — APPENDIX TO THE PRECEDING NOTE.
  11. 11.PART III. The Auction Room. — CHARACTER OF ORLANDO. OF ANCIENT PRICES OF BOOKS, AND BOOK-BINDING. BOOK-AUCTION BIBLIOMANIACS.
  12. 12.The Auction Room. — CHARACTER OF ORLANDO. OF ANCIENT PRICES OF BOOKS, AND BOOK-BINDING. BOOK AUCTION BIBLIOMANIACS.
  13. 13.PART IV. The Library. — DR. HENRY’S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. A GAME AT CHESS.—OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY. DINNER AT LORENZO’S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
  14. 14.The Library. — DR. HENRY’S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. A GAME OF CHESS.—OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY. DINNER AT LORENZO’S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
  15. 15.PART V. The Drawing Room. — HISTORY OF THE BIBLIOMANIA, OR ACCOUNT OF BOOK COLLECTORS, CONCLUDED.
  16. 16.The Drawing Room. — HISTORY OF THE BIBLIOMANIA, OR ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS, CONTINUED.
  17. 17.PART VI. The Alcove. — SYMPTOMS OF THE BIBLIOMANIA.——PROBABLE MEANS OF ITS CURE.
  18. 18.The Alcove. — SYMPTOMS OF THE BIBLIOMANIA.——PROBABLE MEANS OF ITS CURE.
  19. 19.SUPPLEMENT.
  20. 20.THE SUPPLEMENT. PART I. — THE EVENING WALK.
  21. 21.PART II. — THE CABINET.
  22. 22.PART III. — THE AUCTION-ROOM.
  23. 23.PART IV. — THE LIBRARY.
  24. 24.PART V. — THE DRAWING-ROOM.
  25. 25.PART VI. — THE ALCOVE.
  26. 26.Illustrated Copies. — INDEXES. — CHRONOLOGICAL, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, AND GENERAL.
  27. 27.CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. — Lovers and Collectors of Books in Great Britain.
  28. 28.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
  29. 29.GENERAL INDEX.

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