The Great Book-Collectors

by Charles Isaac Elton, Mary Augusta Elton

EN·~5 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total

List of Illustrations

0:55

CHAPTER I. - CLASSICAL.

17:36

CHAPTER II. - IRELAND—NORTHUMBRIA.

20:52

CHAPTER III. - ENGLAND.

20:30

CHAPTER IV. - ITALY—THE AGE OF PETRARCH.

17:14

CHAPTER V. - OXFORD—DUKE HUMPHREY'S BOOKS—THE LIBRARY OF THE VALOIS.

14:05

CHAPTER VI. - ITALY—THE RENAISSANCE.

18:56

CHAPTER VII. - ITALIAN CITIES—OLYMPIA MORATA—URBINO—THE BOOKS OF CORVINUS.

15:53

CHAPTER VIII. - GERMANY—FLANDERS—BURGUNDY—ENGLAND.

18:28

CHAPTER IX. - FRANCE: EARLY BOOKMEN—ROYAL COLLECTORS.

17:48

Description

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Book-Collectors

Details

Language

Duration

~5 hours (328K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-07-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Book collecting Book collectors -- Biography

About the authors

Charles Isaac Elton

1839–1900

A Victorian lawyer and antiquary, he wrote lively, wide-ranging books on early property, social customs, and the roots of English history. His work brought legal learning and curiosity about everyday life together in a way that still feels surprisingly readable.

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Mary Augusta Elton

1838–1914

Best known for co-writing a lively classic on bibliophiles and their libraries, this English writer brought warmth and curiosity to the history of book collecting. Her work still appeals to readers who love old books, literary culture, and the people behind great libraries.

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