 a passion for possessing books; not so much to be instructed by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates, and is rather seduced by the exterior than the interior.  Private Libraries of New York - Page viiiby James Wynne - 1860 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliographical literature - 1811 - 844 pages
...: nimirura similes fatuis illis, qni iu urbc circumeunt domes singulas, et eaniro pictures dissntU for possessing books ; not so much to be instructed...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them.' This subject has amused the pens of foreigners; although we have had nothing in our own language, written... | |
 | Books - 1811 - 576 pages
...collector, (one who i* fond of superb bindings only) say she, as soon as I enter his house, lam Assessing books ; not so much to be instructed by them as to gratify the eye by looking on them.' This subject has amused the pens of foreigners ; although we have had nothing in our own language,... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliographical literature - 1842 - 790 pages
...with the best possible intentions. the BOOK DISEASE. The ingenious Peignot* defines the bibliomania to be " a passion for possessing books ; not so much...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them." This subject has amused the pens of foreigners ; although we have had nothing in our own language,... | |
 | Thomas Grognall Didbin - Bibliography - 1876 - 750 pages
...respecting the General Character of the BOOK DISEASE. The ingenious Peignot* defines the bibliomania to be " a passion for possessing books ; not so much...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them." This subject has amused the pens of foreigners ; although we have had nothing in our own language,... | |
 | Bible - 1876 - 898 pages
...the head of the symptoms of the disease, there is, first, a definition of Bibliomania which is said to be a passion for possessing books, not so much...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. VOL. XXXTIT. No. 130. 38 He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates,... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliographical literature - 1876 - 804 pages
...Literature, voL 1. 10. " Bruyere has touched on this mania with humour ; of such a collector (one who is so much to be instructed by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates, and is rather seduced... | |
 | American literature - 1883 - 1000 pages
...John Ratcliffe's collections 5 IU ( 5 13 15 ( 15 ( run liologie,' p. 51, defines the Bibliomania (46) to be "a passion for possessing books; not so much...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking; on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only l>y their titles and dates, and is rather seduced... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - American essays - 1900 - 462 pages
...ingenious Peignot, in the first volume of his a Dictionnaire Bibliologie," p. 51, defines the Bibliomania to be "a passion for possessing books; not so much...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates, and is rather seduced... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English essays - 1900 - 454 pages
...Peignot, in the first volume of his w Dictionnaire Bibliologie, " p. 51, defines the Bibliomania to be aa passion for possessing books; not so much to be instructed...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates, and is rather seduced... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 448 pages
...ingenious Pcignot, in the first volume of his " Dictionnaire Bibliologie, " p. 51, defines the Bibliomania to be "a passion for possessing books; not so much...by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates, and is rather seduced... | |
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