Author: Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Title: Bibliophobia: Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade. In a Letter Addressed to the Author of the Bibliomania
Description: Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2010. Facsimile Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781108015592 A publication in the Cambridge Library Collection. In 1809, Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) published the first edition of Bibliomania, focussing on the contemporary craze for book collecting. Introduced in English at the end of the eighteenth century, the term bibliomania - or book-madness - gained popularity with the publication of Dibdin s book, in which bibliophiles conduct dialogues on the nature and history of book collecting, and the symptoms of and possible remedies for this fatal disease . Published in 1832 under the pseudonym Mercurius Rusticus, Bibliophobia is a short pamphlet, which presents itself as a letter to the author of Bibliomania. The narrator, a book-lover himself, goes on a 'bibliopolistic pilgrimage' , only to find out that 'bibliomania is no more' , and that 'books are only the shadow of what they were'. From book-lovers to collectors, and from booksellers to libraries, the narrator carries out his entertaining yet melancholic investigation all the way to the Bodleian Library. First edition of the work in this format. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 102 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Red titles spine;. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Books on Books; Book Trade; Book Collecting; Cambridge; England; 19th century; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 110801559X. ISBN/EAN: 9781108015592. Inventory No: 3329.

Keywords: BZDB227 Literature/Literary/Book Trade/Book Collecting/Books on Books/Bookselling/Libraries/Cambridge Library Collection Books on Books; Book Trade; Book Collecting; Cambridge; England; 19th century; Literature & Literary. Unbranded ISBN: 110801559X EAN


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