The new bibliopolis : French book collectors and the culture of print, 1880-1914 / Willa Z. Silverman
By: Silverman, Willa Z.
Series: Studies in book and print culture. Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2008Description: xvii, 312 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780802092113 (hbk.); 080209211X (hbk.).Subject(s): Book collectors -- France -- History | Book collectors -- France -- Biography | Books -- France -- History -- 19th century | Books -- France -- History -- 20th century | Book collecting -- France -- History | Bibliomania -- History | Book collectingDDC classification: 002.0944075Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TC |
Floor 4, Shelf 38, Side 1, TierNo 1, BayNo 1 |
002.0944075 SIL (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | GENxx,GENxx,02,GR | 5000064636 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.
1. Books worthy of our era? Octave Uzanne, technology, and the luxury book. - 2. Ancients against moderns: bibliophilia at the Fin de Siecle. - 3. Everything to the moderns: independent and contemporary bibliphiles. - 4. Artist and amateur in the creation of Fin-de-Siecle illustrated books. - 5. Unpacking his library: Robert de Montesquiou and the Aesthetics of the book. - 6. The enemies of books? Women and Bibliophilic imagination. - 7. Conclusion: the end of books?
Title and text in English ; with some text in French
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