Rariora; being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., collected (1858-1900) (1902)
Hodgkin, John Eliot · London : S. Low, Marston & Co., ltd. · leaf 14
IT is to the Incunabula, tlie Cradle Books,{^) first productions of thebabyhood and early childhood of the press, that semi-omnipotentengine which in its middle age now dominates the world, that I owe,as I have said, my introduction to the flower-strewn patiis of thecollectors country: to them,…
Collectors and collecting · Book collecting · Rare books · Incunabula · Printing · Fireworks · Broadsides
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