Silverman, Willa Z.,  1959- <br/><br/>
The new bibliopolis :  French book collectors and the  culture of print, 1880-1914 / 
Willa Z. Silverman 
 - Toronto :  University of Toronto Press,  c2008. 
 - xvii, 312 p. :  ill., ports. ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies in book and print culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><br/>Title and text in English ; with some text in French 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802092113 (hbk.) 080209211X (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Book collectors--History--France<br/>Book collectors--France--Biography<br/>Books--History--France--19th century<br/>Books--History--France--20th century<br/>Book collecting--History--France<br/>Bibliomania--History<br/>Book collecting
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>002.0944075  / SIL