The Great Book-Collectors
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[Illustration: The Great Book-Collectors Charles & Mary Elton]
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The Great Book-Collectors
By Charles Isaac Elton
Author of 'Origins of English History'
'The Career of Columbus,' etc.
& Mary Augusta Elton
[Illustration]
London
Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., Ltd.
MDCCCXCIII
Contents
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CHAPTER I.
CLASSICAL 1
CHAPTER II.
IRELAND--NORTHUMBRIA 13
CHAPTER III.
ENGLAND 27
CHAPTER IV.
ITALY--THE AGE OF PETRARCH 41
CHAPTER V.
OXFORD--DUKE HUMPHREY'S BOOKS--THE LIBRARY OF THE VALOIS 53
CHAPTER VI.
ITALY--THE RENAISSANCE 63
CHAPTER VII.
ITALIAN CITIES--OLYMPIA MORATA--URBINO--THE BOOKS OF CORVINUS 76
CHAPTER VIII.
GERMANY--FLANDERS--BURGUNDY--ENGLAND 87
CHAPTER IX.
FRANCE: EARLY BOOKMEN--ROYAL COLLECTORS 99
CHAPTER X.
THE OLD ROYAL LIBRARY--FAIRFAX--COTTON--HARLEY--THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 111
CHAPTER XI.
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