The Whys and wherefores of the William L. Clements Library : a brief essay on book collecting as a fine art /

Mode of access: Internet.

This book-collecting racket : a few notes on the abuses of book collecting /

"This editon is limited to 500 numbered copies"--T.p. verso of each part.

Ventures in book collecting /

Mode of access: Internet.

The amenities of book-collecting and kindred affections,

Reprinted in part from the Atlantic monthly. cf. Essay introductory.

The amenities of book-collecting and kindred affections.

Reprinted in part from the Atlantic monthly. cf. Essay introductory.

The book fancier, or, The romance of book collecting /

Mode of access: Internet.

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

Mode of access: Internet.

The book-hunter etc. /

Mode of access: Internet.

A book hunter's holiday : adventures with books and manuscripts /

Mode of access: Internet.

The book-hunter, etc.

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

A book for all readers,: designed as an aid to the collection, use, and preservation of books, and the formation of public and private libraries,

Mode of access: Internet.

Literary taste, how to form it, with detailed instructions for collecting a complete library of English literature;

Mode of access: Internet.

L’Edició en lletra gòtica de l’Speculum al foder (1917). Història d’un misteriós exemplar d’infern

La filologia, tret de rares excepcions, acostuma a prestar poc interès a la bibliofília. Potser perquè es considera que un text acurat i fiable està renyit amb un llibre imprès en bon paper Japó o de fil, del amb una tipografia impecable, sovint il·lustrat i a un preu que sol ser alt, com correspon a un desplegament artesanal d’aquesta mena. Filologia i bibliofília, en una paraula, tenen vies diferents de difusió. I, amb tot, l’univers de la bibliofília custodia secrets molt ben guardats de la nostra història lingüística i literària, tan singular i plena de sotracs de diversa mena. Secrets que criden poderosament l’atenció del filòleg. El cens i descripció de testimonis del tractadet eròtic medieval conegut com a Speculum al foder, per exemple, amaga un curiós enigma bibliogràfic: un imprès en tipografia gòtica i sense peu editorial, un veritable incunable modern, fruit rar del mateix impuls que cent anys enrere es va ensenyorir de les arts plàstiques i constructives d’aquest país per omplir-lo de magnífiques fantasies medievalitzants. És d’aquest misteriós exemplar d’infern que s’ocupa el treballet que segueix

Miquel Mai (ca. 1480-1546). Art i cultura a la cort de Carles V

The doctoral thesis was an study about Miquel Mai, a polític, jurist, bibliophile and art collector in Barcelona in the first half of the XVI century. The thesis presents the figure of Miquel Mai by his biographic history, with emphasis in the principals chapters that he was participant. After, there was a chapter whose principal theme its the connection between Miquel Mai and the Erasmism movement. Third, it was an analysis of all the art objects that Miquel Mai accumulates. Fourth, the thesis explores the library (formed by more than 2000 books). And finally, we studied the relationship between the art objects who decorate the library and the same books that was in the library.

Student notebook of Thomas Prince, ca. 1707

Paper notebook in Latin on classical Greek grammar. The name "Thomas Prince" appears on the first page. The manuscript is undated. Based on the signature, this volume is assumed to have belonged to Thomas Prince, Sr., although it is undated and may have indeed belonged to Thomas Prince, Jr.