Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians : : The Story of Books in Modern Spain / / Robert Richmond Ellis.
The word "bibliophilia" indicates a love of books, both as texts to be read and objects to be cherished for their physical qualities. Throughout the history of Iberian print culture, bibliophiles have attempted to explain the psychological experiences of reading and collecting books, as we...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Iberic
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1 b&w illustration, 11 colour illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Legend of the Murderous Bookman of Barcelona
- 2 Bibliophiles, Bibliographers, and Bookstore Browsers
- 3 Lost Books and Textual Restitution
- 4 Nuria Amat and the Persistence of Books
- 5 Miquel Plana and the Book as a Work of Art
- Colophon
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index