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Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting | A Wisdom Archive on Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting | | Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting A selection of articles related to Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting | |
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ARTICLES RELATED TO Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting | | | |  Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting: Encyclopedia II - Book collecting - History of Anglo-European book collectingWhenever a high degree of civilization has been attained, book-lovers have multiplied, and to the student with his modest desire to read his favorite author in a well-written or well-printed copy there has been added a class of owners suspected of caring more for the externals of books than for the enjoyment to be obtained by reading them. But although adumbrations of it existed under the Roman Empire and towards the end of the Middle Ages, book-collecting, as it is now understood, is essentially of modern growth. A glance through what must ...
See also:Book collecting, Book collecting - Purpose and value, Book collecting - History of Anglo-European book collecting, Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting, Book collecting - Elements of book collecting, Book collecting - Bibliographies, Book collecting - Book qualities, Book collecting - Illustrations, Book collecting - Fine printings, Book collecting - Topics, Book collecting - Multiple editions, Book collecting - History of printing, Book collecting - Cost, Book collecting - Book condition, Book collecting - Prominent book collectors, Book collecting - Notes Read more here: » Book collecting: Encyclopedia II - Book collecting - History of Anglo-European book collecting |
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| | | | Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting: Encyclopedia II - Book collecting - Elements of book collecting Collection interests may include books relating to all the qualities of a book or books, including: author, illustrator, publisher, printer, series (Modern Library, etc.), private presses (Kelmscott Press, etc.), book designers, physical forms (miniature books, palm leaf, vellum, etc.), awards (Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, etc.), stages of publication (galley copies, advance copies, uncorrected bound proofs, etc.), author signature, association copy, historical era, regional/local interest, subject, genre, incunabula or marginalia. Related collecting interests include autograph collecting and ephemera. ...
See also:Book collecting, Book collecting - Purpose and value, Book collecting - History of Anglo-European book collecting, Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting, Book collecting - Elements of book collecting, Book collecting - Bibliographies, Book collecting - Book qualities, Book collecting - Illustrations, Book collecting - Fine printings, Book collecting - Topics, Book collecting - Multiple editions, Book collecting - History of printing, Book collecting - Cost, Book collecting - Book condition, Book collecting - Prominent book collectors, Book collecting - Notes Read more here: » Book collecting: Encyclopedia II - Book collecting - Elements of book collecting |
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| | | | Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting: Encyclopedia II - Book collecting - Purpose and value Book collecting is the bringing together of books which in their contents, their form or the history of the individual copy possess some element of permanent interest, and either actually or prospectively are rare, in the sense of being difficult to procure. This qualification of rarity, which figures much too largely in the popular view of book-collecting, is entirely subordinate to that of interest, for the rarity of a book devoid of interest is a matter of no concern. On the other hand, so long as a book (or anything else) is and appears ...
See also:Book collecting, Book collecting - Purpose and value, Book collecting - History of Anglo-European book collecting, Book collecting - Cabinet theory of book collecting, Book collecting - Elements of book collecting, Book collecting - Bibliographies, Book collecting - Book qualities, Book collecting - Illustrations, Book collecting - Fine printings, Book collecting - Topics, Book collecting - Multiple editions, Book collecting - History of printing, Book collecting - Cost, Book collecting - Book condition, Book collecting - Prominent book collectors, Book collecting - Notes Read more here: » Book collecting: Encyclopedia II - Book collecting - Purpose and value |
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