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The Great Book-Collectors

1892 book by Charles Elton and Mary Augusta Elton

1892 book by Charles Elton and Mary Augusta Elton

The Great Book-Collectors was an 1893 book by British authors Charles Elton and Mary Augusta Elton, his wife. It deals with bibliophilia and bibliomania.

The book is generally available online rather than in original in major collections.

Connection with major collections

The book describes in detail the circumstances behind the creation of the following institutions:

  • British Library
  • Bodleian Library
  • Ashmolean Museum

Reception

The book remains an invaluable source of information on the transition from manuscripts to books that occurred in the Middle Ages.

References

References

  1. "The great book-collectors". b K. Paul, Trench, Trubner.
  2. "The great book-collectors". London K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ltd.
  3. "The great book-collectors / by Charles Isaac Elton & Mary Augusta Elton". Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.
  4. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18938 Project Gutenberg]
  5. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18938/18938-h/18938-h.htm Project Gutenberg]
  6. [https://archive.org/details/39002086313989.med.yale.edu Internet Archive]
  7. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_SimRSfdxUEC Google Books]
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