'The Sansom Bequest' (on bibliomania)

On Bibliomania

Bibliomania in the Middle Ages,

Half-title (title of original edition): Bibliomania in the middle ages, or Sketches of bookworms, collectors, Bible students, scribes, and illuminators, from the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods to the introduction of printing into England, with anecdotes illustrating the history of the monastic libraries of Great Britain in the olden time ...

Bibliomania in the present day in France and England;

A translation of Brunet's La bibliomanie en 1878. Bruxelles, 1878.

The bibliomania : or, Book-madness; containing some account of the history, symptoms and cure of this fatal disease, in an epistle addressed to Richard Heber, esq. /

Mode of access: Internet.

A monograph, on privately-illustrated books. A plea for bibliomania,

"Illuminated, ornamented, or privately illustrated manuscripts of the middle ages": p. [141]-148.

Books and bookmen ...

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The book-hunter etc. /

Mode of access: Internet.

The book-hunter, etc.

Based on a series of essays first published in Blackwood's magazine, 1860-61.

Bulletin du bibliophile.

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Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire.

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Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire.

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Bulletin du bibliophile du bibliothécaire et de la Société des amis de la Bibliothèque nationale et des grandes bibliothèques de France.

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Annuaire.

The regular issue of the Annuaire was interrupted during the European war (1914-18); a brief statement for this period corresponding to the "36.-39. année", was published under title: "Résumé de la situation financière, 1915-1917", supplemented by a similar résumé for 1914-18 which is included in the Annuaire, 40. année, 1919.

Revue biblio-iconographique.

Successor to the "Répertoire des ventes publiques cataloguées" which began as a weekly (irregular, quarto) in January 1894. Beginning with October 1895 (3 année) a new series of the Répertoire was inaugurated, with subtitle "Revue biblio-iconographique" 3e année-2e série, which ran until January 1897 (middle of "4 année") when the present series was started (cover of volume 1 no. 1 reading: 4e année. 1897. 3e série. N1̊; t.-p. of volumes 1-2 reading; 3e série. 1re-2e année) This still retained the "Répertoire des ventes" (on tinted paper) as supplement.

The book-hunter in London: historical and other studies of collectors and collecting.

Mode of access: Internet.