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The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
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Original author: Richard de Bury
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"The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury" by Richard de Bury is a collection of essays written in 1345. This medieval treatise explores the acquisition, preservation, and organization of books through twenty chapters. Written in Latin by an English bibliophile, it aims to encourage learning, justify the author's devotion to books, and provide practical library management advice. The work contains innovations in circulation control and references the Bible extensively, becoming one of the longest medieval texts on its subject.
The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury, by Richard de Bury. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #626.
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23 Chapters
- 1.Preface: The Author of the Book1,528 words
- 2.Prologue: I That the treasure of wisdom is chiefly contained in books202 words
- 3.Prologue1,107 words
- 4.Chapter I: That the Treasure of Wisdom Is Chiefly Contained in Books1,285 words
- 5.Chapter II: The Degree of Affection That Is Properly Due to Books811 words
- 6.Chapter III: What We Are to Think of the Price in the Buying of Books472 words
- 7.Chapter IV: The Complaint of Books Against the Clergy Already Promoted2,621 words
- 8.Chapter V: The Complaint of Books Against the Possessioners756 words
- 9.Chapter VI: The Complaint of Books Against the Mendicants1,615 words
- 10.Chapter VII: The Complaint of Books Against Wars1,279 words
- 11.Chapter VIII: Of the Numerous Opportunities We Have Had of Collecting a Store of Books2,321 words
- 12.Chapter IX1,270 words
- 13.Chapter X: Of the Gradual Perfecting of Books986 words
- 14.Chapter XI: Why We Have Preferred Books of Liberal Learning to Books of Law598 words
- 15.Chapter XII: Why We Have Caused Books of Grammar to Be So Diligently Prepared152 words
- 16.Chapter XIII: Why We Have Not Wholly Neglected the Fables of the Poets770 words
- 17.Chapter XIV: Who Ought to Be Special Lovers of Books571 words
- 18.Chapter XV: Of the Advantages of the Love of Books1,269 words
- 19.Chapter XVI: That It Is Meritorious to Write New Books and to Renew the Old1,141 words
- 20.Chapter XVII: Of Showing Due Propriety in the Custody of Books1,134 words
- 21.Chapter XVIII753 words
- 22.Chapter XIX: Of the Manner of Lending All Our Books to Students754 words
- 23.Chapter XX: An Exhortation to Scholars to Requite Us by Pious Prayers932 words