INDEX

Abbotsford Library Catalogue, printed by Maitland Club, 80 Abbotsford Library, impressions of, 80 Accessions, on placing, 89 Acland, Sir H., the 'Radcliffe' bookcase, 113 Addison, Essay on 'My Lady's Library,' 50 Addison's picture of 'Tom Folio,' 79 Advertisements, which to distrust, 14 Ælius, 148 Æmylius Protus, 148 Agabito, librarian to the Duke of Urbino, 119 Albemarle, Duke of, 78 Alberti, 142 Ambrose, St., 148 American tables, 104 Angelo, Michael, 142 Angling books, 10 Anonymous Literature, how to catalogue, 84, 85 Anthrenus varius, bookboring insect, 23 Apollo Library, 135 Appliances for the library, 103 Aquinas, St. Thomas, 148 Arcangelo, Don, 138 Archaic Dictionary, 44 Architecture, by Vitruvius, 119 Aristotle, Inspection of the works of, 147 Aristotle's Politics, 143 Athanasius, St., 148 Augustine, St., 148 Augustus, Emperor, author and booklover, 135 Austen, J., Northanger Abbey, 36 Author, the, 3 —— whims and fancies of, 3 Autograph letters, how to catalogue, 64 Bacon, Lord, 36 —— his retreat at Gorhambury, 107 Bacon's Natural History, 40 —— Organon, 74 Baker's Chronicle, 72 Baldi's description of a Florentine palace, 110, 146 Balfour, Mr., advice on reading, 27 Barclay, A., Ship of Fools, 76 Basil, St., 148 Beauchamp, Guy, earl of Warwick, Library of early romances, 71 Beauclerk, T., 79 —— Library of, in Great Russell Street, 107 Bedford, Duke of, and Charles V.'s Library, 71 Beecher, H. W., on reading, 30 Benedetti, B., Book lists of, 147 —— librarian to Francesco Maria, 147 —— C., of Pesaro, 147 Beyle, Henri, Pseudonyms used by, 84 Bianchini's works, 110, 146 Bible, 148 Bibliography, Science of, when commenced, 144 Bibliomaniacs, Great, 71 Blackie, J. S., on reading, 32 Blackwood's Magazine, Extracts from, 30, 31, 32 Blades, W., Enemies of Books, 7, 21, 100 —— on the handling of books, 22 —— on the preservation of books, 19, 99 Blatta Australasia, a bookboring cockroach, 23 Bookbinding, 52 —— and the bookbinder, 23 —— colour, 49, 54 —— Covers, what to choose, 64 —— errors of taste, 56 —— gilding, 57 —— Good, what is fatal to, 97 —— leather, kind to choose, 54 —— lettering, 58 —— marbling, 55 —— provincial, 7 —— style and colour of, 49 —— style, 49, 54 —— the, remarks on, 61 —— what is good and bad, 5, 6 Books, accidentally destroyed, 12 —— arranging, difficulty of, 17 —— care of, 15, 16 —— —— maxims for, 24 —— classification of, 87 —— commonplace, 38 —— contents of, how to master the, 31, 32 —— counterfeit, 52 —— dusting, 20, 21 —— enemies of, 7, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23 —— binding, fifteenth-century, 70 —— handling, 22 —— housing of, 100 —— metal bosses on, desks for, 106 —— packing, 24, 25 —— ——— Rare and handsome, 89 —— ——— Reference, 89 —— Rare, what constitutes, 11 —— ——— Why so called, 12 —— How to read, 32 —— Recommending, 33 —— Reference, 42 —— ——— List of good, 44 —— ——— On placing, 89 —— ——— Uses of, 43 —— Repairing, 60, 61 —— Restoring, 60, 61 —— Ruined, how often, 7 —— Shelfmarking, 93 —— Sizes of, as decided upon by the Associated Librarians of Great Britain, 98 —— Suppressed, 12 —— Treatment of, 108 —— Valueless, 14 Bookcase, the 'Radcliffe' iron, 113 —— revolving, 105 Bookcases, 49, 94 —— at Trinity College, Cambridge, 102 —— beautiful specimens of, 99 —— for rare and beautiful books, &c., 99 —— glass doors undesirable, 100 —— height of, 50, 95 —— in bedrooms, 38 —— lettering and numbering, 93, 99 —— shelves covered with padded leather, 100 —— Tonks' patent fittings advisable, 95 Book-collecting, Revival in, at Florence, 140 Book collectors, early, 71 —— collectors of the eighteenth century, 79 —— hobbies, 65 —— readers, two classes, 34 —— screen, 47 Bookshelves, 130 Book support, metal, 106 —— values, 9 —— —— how to determine, 9 Booksellers, Old London, 72 Bookworm, The, 23 Bordesley Abbey, and the Earl of Warwick's Library, 71 Boston Public Library, Roxbury Branch, dimensions of book-room, 113 Boswell, Life of Johnson, 3 Boudoir bindings, pretty effects of, 48 —— libraries, 46 —— library catalogue, 50 Bowen, on Novel Reading, 37 Bracciolini, Poggio, 137 Bradshaw, H., the Cambridge University Librarian, 117 Braybrooke, Lord, his collection of county histories, 66 British Museum Library Catalogue, 85 Brontë, C., Jane Eyre, 37 Bruni, Lionardo, 137 Buchanan, G., 117 Buckram binding, 62 Buffalo Bug, or Carpet Bug, 23 Burke, on reading, 31 Bustle tails, bookboring insects, 23 Butler's Hudibras, 72, 74 Cæsar, 148 Cambridge University, History of, by Willis and Clark, 120 Campano, Bishop of Teramo, 149 Campion, Hanmer and Spencer's History of Ireland, 75 Care of books, On the, 15 —— Maxims to be learned, 24 Carlyle, on a library catalogue, 81 Carpet Bug, or Buffalo Bug, 23 Casaubon, among his books, 72 Catalogue, a fifteenth-century, 70 —— Alphabetical system, advantages of, 86 —— Classification of the, 82 —— Sectional, Lord Crawford's, 83 —— The, 81 —— The, alphabetical arrangement of, 81 —— The, classified system, advantages of, 86 —— The, cross-references, 85 —— The, how not to make, 82, 84 —— The, expert advice on, 84 —— The, rules to be observed, 85 —— The, subjects, classification of, 86 —— The, preparing titles, 87 Chairs, Library, 104 Charles V. of France, library of, 71 Chaucer, Speght's edition (1602), 75 Chippendale, bookcase designs by, 99 Chrysoloras, M., 143 Chrysostom, St., 148 Clarissa Harlowe, 60 Clark, J. W., on the position of the library, 119 —— Student-life of the past, 72 Classic authors, list of, 148 Classics, no suitable edition in England as in France, 1 Classification, 81 —— of books, 87 Clement XI., Pope, and the eagle lectern, 147 Clement, D., Bibliothèque curieuse, 11 Clement, D., on degrees of rarity, 11, 13 Colet, among his books, 72 Collected editions, how to catalogue, 94 Commonplace books, 38 —— books, simplest form of, 40 Compositor, the, 3 Condition, as affecting the price of books, 13, 11 Consuelo, 37 Consumer, the, 3 Cosimo's generosity to men of letters, 144 —— Medicean library, 138 —— plan of the formation of a library, 138 —— versatility and comprehensive intellect, 139 —— zeal for learning, 139 Cotton's library, dimensions of, 73 Counterfeit books, 52 County collections, what should be aimed at, 66 —— Histories, on collecting, 66 Courthope's edition of Pope, 3 Crawford, Lord, Ballad catalogue, 83 —— Collection of books, pamphlets, ballads, &c., 65 —— Sectional catalogue, 83 Cross-references, when to make, 85 Cunningham, P., edition of Walpole's letters, 3 Curiosities, arrangement of, in library, 122 Cyril, St., 148 Damp, an enemy to books, 17 De Maistre's Journey Round my Room, 47 Dennistoun's Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, 110, 145, 147, 149 Desk, standing, 105 Dictionaries, use of, 30 Dives et Pauper, 70 Drawings, safe keeping of, 106 Duns Scotus, 148 Dusting of books, 20, 21 Edis' Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses, 132 Éditions de luxe, 3 Education, What is? 45 Edwards, Memoirs of Libraries, 13, 97, 99, 100 —— on bookcases, 97, 99 Elizabethan Poetry, catalogue of, 83 Ellwanger's Story of my House, 9, 104 Elton, Great Book Collectors, 115, 149 Elwin's edition of Pope, 3 Enemies of books, 17, 18, 19, 21 Erasmus, among his books, 72 Eusebius, 148 Evelyn's directions for gathering a library, 78 —— Letter to Pepys on the Seventeenth Century libraries, 79 Eversley Rectory armchair, 105 Facetiæ, on placing, 89 Family papers, how to catalogue, 64 Farnaby, T., Index Rhetoricus, 74 Federigo, Count, famous library of MSS., 110, 146 —— Duke, Literary habits of, 148 Feltrian dukes, MSS., 147 Fergusson's Architecture, 44 Ficino, Translator of Plato, 142 Fiction Library, how to arrange, 36 Fiesole, Abbey of, on building a library at, 138 Fiesole Abbey, Library of, 138 Fifteenth Century Library Catalogue, 70 Fine Copy? What is a, 5, 6 First Edition Craze, fight against, 14 Fish Bugs, bookboring insects, 23 Florence, Revival in learning at, 140 —— Studio Pubblico, Improvement of the, 143 Florentine Library, Description of a great, 110 Floriculture, on collecting books on, 67 'Foxed' Book, A, 6 Foxhounds in England, 135 Francesco Maria's literary pursuits, 147 Froude, W., The 'Radcliffe' bookcase, 113 Fuller, T., on memory and note-books, 39 Gas, an enemy to books, 18 Genealogical books, rise in price of, 66 Getting-on, Goddess of, 152 Gibbon, Edward, 1 —— library catalogue, 83 Gilbey, Sir W., sporting books, 67 Gilding, Advice on, 57 Giorgio, F. di, Treatise on Architecture, 148 Gladstone, W. E., Books, and the Housing of them, 100 —— Gladstone in the Evening of his Days, 36, 108, 110 —— on library shelves, 96 Gladstone's Temple of Peace, Tables in, 104 Glastonbury, Treasures at, 69 'Globe' edition of English classics, 2 Goldsmith Chair, The, 105 Good Edition, how to make, 3 —— What is a, 1 Gosse, E., Library Catalogue, 83 Gregory, St., 148 Greek Fathers, writings of, 148 Greenbacks, 152 Guidobaldo I., Library Rules, 118 Haigh Hall, Ballad Catalogue at, 83 —— Library Catalogue, who compiled by, 65 Hallam's Literary History, 41 Hamerton, Philip G., Advice on reading, 27, 28, 29 Harding's Chronicle, 76 Hart, Dr. E., on books in bedrooms, 38 Hawarden Library annexe, 107 —— —— Cost of, 113 Heat, an enemy to books, 18 Heppelwhite, Bookcase design by, 99 Hill, B., Edition of Boswell's Johnson, 3 Howard, Sir J., Library of, 70 'Humanity Room' at Hawarden, 109 Humphrey, Duke, 71 Ireland, History of, 75 Ink Maker, The, 3 Jerome, St., 148 Jessopp, Dr., Library annexe of, 107 —— on old libraries, 68 Johnson, Dr., careless with his books, 16 —— Life of, 3 —— on knowledge, 42 —— on the editions of Thomas à Kempis, 67 Johnson's Dictionary, 44 Justin, 148 Kerr's Gentleman's House, 120 Knowledge, On. Extract from the Spectator, 42 —— Two kinds of, 42 Lady's Library, how arranged, 51 Lamb, choice of books, 34 Lampson, L., Rowfant Library Catalogue, 83 Landino, 142 Lang, A., remarks on the 'binder,' 61 —— on the care of books, 16 Lapaccini, Fra G., a MS. copyist, 138 Large-paper copies, 8, 13 Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire, 43 Leather for binding, 53 Lectern, an historic eagle, 146 Leighton, J., Book-plate Annual, 15 —— Careless handling of books, 16 Leland, C. G., on Mending and Repairing, 61 —— Glastonbury treasures, 69 Leonora's library, how arranged, 51 Lepisma Saccharina, bookboring insects, 23 L'Escholle des Filles, 77 Librarian, A, 115 —— Qualifications of a good, 115, 117 —— The motto of a good, 118 Libraries, Classification of headings of, 94 —— in country houses, lamentable condition of, 15 —— Old country, 68 —— XIIth century, 69 —— XIIIth century, 69 —— XVIIth century, 72 —— Suite of, 121 —— Public, Originator of, 143 Library, The Extract from, 150 Library, Appliances for the, 103 —— The, architecturally, 119 —— arrangement, On, 91 —— Arrangement of, two plans, 121 —— Artistic treatment of the, 122 —— Aspect for the, 125 —— An economic, 133 —— Curiosities in, 22 —— Decorations of the, 131 —— Enemy of the, 120 —— fireplace, 126 —— intercommunication, 126 —— On heating, 120, 128 —— On lighting, 120 —— Portable, Composition of a, 46 —— Position of the, 119, 124 —— rules, 118 —— Study attached to the, 127 —— Windows in the, 125 —— annexe, The, 106 Library Association Report, 1878, 115 —— Journal, Reference to, 91 —— —— American, 117 Lionardo, M., translator of Aristotle's Politics, 143 Lippincott's Biographical Dictionary, 44 Livy, 148 Lockhart, Life of Sir W. Scott, 80 Lorenzo and his literary circle, 142 Lucullus' vast collection of books, 135 Macaulay, private libraries in 1685, 79 —— State of England in 1685, 72 Magazines, How to bind, 63 Maggliabecchi, Anecdote of, 116 —— his abnormal knowledge of books, 115 Manetti, Giannozzo, 137 Manuscripts, How to catalogue, 64 —— collecting and preserving at Florence, 140 —— Collection of ancient, 149 —— Famous library of, 110 —— of the Feltrian dukes, 147 —— Urbino's library of, 146 Marbling, what to choose, 55 Marryat, original binding of his novels, 6 Marsuppini, Carlo, 137 Maxwell, Sir H., advice on reading, 26 Medicean Library, 138 Medici, Cosimo de', on housing of large libraries, 137 —— The, and their friends, 137 —— Lorenzo de', 137 Memory and note-books, 39 Mending and repairing, 61 Middleton Cheney, Library annexe at, 107 Mirandola, P. della, 41, 142 Monastic libraries, Old, 69 Monmouth rebellion, romances on, 36 Monreale, Archbishop of, 147 Morocco leather, kind to choose, 54 Munificent book-buying, 133 Murray's Dictionary, 59 —— Magazine, on county histories, 66 Music, How to bind, 64 Napoleon, on the composition of a portable library, 46 —— a lover of small books, 46 —— and novel-reading, 38 Nares' Glossary, 44 Natural history, on collecting books on, 67 Naudé, G., Avis pour dresser une Bibliothèque, 10, 79 NaziazenNaziazen, St. Gregory, 148 Niccoli, N. de', Home life and habits of, 141 —— literary dictator at Florence, 140 —— to whom he bequeathed his library, 137 Nicetas, 148 Nicholas V. Pope, Book list of, 139 Nineteenth Century, Extracts from the, 26, 68, 111 Nordau, millionaires in England, 133 North, Dr. John, his book-loving habits, 8 —— Dr. J., Library of, 73 —— Life of, 73 North's Lives of the Norths, 7 Notes, Suggestions on taking, 41 Novel-reading, 33 —— lecture on, 36, 37 Novels, how to bind, 62 Octavia Library, 135 Oldys, W., 79 Oliveriana Library, 147 Oxford, Lord, 79 —— University of. Duke Humphrey's collection of illuminated treasures, 71 Pamphlets, how to bind, 63 —— how to catalogue, 63, 94 Paper, coloured, 13 —— fine, 13 —— hand-made, 8 —— Japanese vellum, 8 —— vellum, 13 —— knives, 16 —— maker, the, 3 Parentucelli, T., Catalogue of S. Marco Library, 137 Parker's Domestic Architecture, Reference to, 70 Paston Letters, 70 Pattison, Mark, a type of a scholar, 134 Payn, J., on the best hundred books, 30 Pembroke, Earl of, 79 Pepys' books, how numbered and titled, 78 —— book presses, 75 —— book presses at Magdalene College, 75 —— Collection of Ballads, &c., 65 —— Diary, 43, 59, 74, &c. —— library catalogue, 76 —— library catalogue, classification of, 82, 89 —— a lover of books, 74 —— manuscripts, 77 —— single sheets, 77 Periodicals, Unbound, on placing, 89 Pesaro, Library of, 138 Petrarch, project of a public library, 143 Phillips, W., anecdote of George Sumner, 116 Pickering, Publications issued by, 4 Pieresc, and his books, 149 —— Funeral oration on, 150 Plato, Teachings of, 142 Plato's Works, 143 Plutarch, 148 —— on Lucullus' Library, 135 Plutarch's Lives, 143 Poetical Concordances, 44 Poliziano, 142 Poole, Mr., on enemies to books, 18 Pope, 'Globe' edition of, 2 Pope's Works, the edition of Courthope and Elwin, 3 Preservation of book covers, A recipe for, 20 Pressman, The, 3 Priceus, Defensio Hist. Brit., 76 Printer, The, 3 Prints, safe keeping of, 106 Private Library, divisions or classification of a, 89 Psalms, French, 74 Pseudonyms, how to catalogue, 84 Publisher, The, 3 Pulci, 142 Putnam's Books and their Makers, 71, 142 Ptolemy's Cosmography, 143 Quintus Curtius, 148 Quotations, Dictionary of, 44 Radcliffe bookcases, cost of, 114 Rare books, what constitutes, 12 —— why so called, 11 Rarity as affecting the price of books, 11 Rawlinson, T., 79 Reader, The, 3 Reading, The art of, 25 —— —— literature on, 26 —— seat, 96 Record, unpublished, advisability of typing, 64 Reference books, 42 —— American, 43 —— French, 43 —— uses of, 43 Regulations, Book of, of Guidobaldo I, 118 Renaissance history, 136 Richardson's Dictionary, 44 Rochester's Poems, 78 Romances, Guy Beauchamp's library of, 71 Romola, 37 Roscoe, Mr., on book-collecting, 144 Rowfant Library Catalogue, 83 Ruddiman, T., 117 Ruskin, J., advice on book collecting, 150, 151 —— choice of books, 34 —— his scheme of a Royal series of books, 4 Ruskin's Crown of Wild Olive, 152 —— Sesame and Lilies, 151, 152 Sachetti, Franco, 137 Sala, G. A., On common-place books, 39, 40 Sallust, 148 Salutati, C. de, On utility of public libraries, 143 S. Giorgio Maggiore, Library of, 137 —— MSS. of, at Florence, 137 S. Marco, Catalogue of Library of, 138 Santa Trinità, Proposed public library at, 143 Scott, R., bill of books supplied to Pepys, 77 —— Bookseller of the XVIIth Century, 73 Scott, Sir W., Life of, 80 —— his care of books, 16 —— Novels of, original bindings of, 6 Seven Champions of Christendom, 72 Seventeenth Century Literature, Catalogue of, 83 Sévigné, Mme. de, Letters of, 109 Shakespeare, 'Cambridge' Edition of, 2, 53 'Shannon' Tables, 104 Shaw, G. B., on an economic library, 133 Shelf Classification, Difficulty of, 88 Sheraton, Bookcase designs by, 99 Silver Fish, bookboring insects, 23 'Sleepy Hollow,' an armchair at Eversley, 105 Smith, L. P., Qualifications of a Librarian, 117 Smith, W., Greek and Roman Biography, 44 Somers, Lord, 79 Soulsby, Miss Lucy, Things in Book Clothing, 28 Spartianus, 148 Spectator, Extract from, on Knowledge, 42 Spencer, George, Earl, 79 —— Earl, Library at Manchester, 79 Sport, Reference to, 133 Sporting books, on collecting, 67 Staghounds in England, 135 Stanley, Col., 79 Steps, Library, 106 Stevens, Who spoils our English Books? 3, 4 Stevenson, R. L., Works. 'Edinburgh' Edition, 4 Strozzi, Palla degli, Greek learning, 142 —— originator of public libraries, 143 Subjects, Short, classification of, 85 Suetonius, 148 Sumner, G., Anecdote of, 116 —— his knowledge of books, 116 Sunderland, Charles, Earl of, 79 Suppressed books, 12 Symonds, On great literary undertakings, 142 —— Revival of Learning, 139, 140, 142, 144 Tables, Library, 104 Tacitus, 148 Tarleton's Jests, 72 Tatler—Addison's Picture of Tom Folio, 79 Tiberius, Library of, 135 Title-pages, ruined, 7 Titles, how to prepare, 87 Thirlwall, on reading, 31 Thomas à Kempis, Editions of, 68 Thomas of Saranza, founder of the Vatican Library, 145 Todd's Gower and Chaucer, 72 —— Index Rerum, 39 Tonk's Patent Fittings for Bookcases, 95 Topographical Books, on collecting, 66 —— Rise in price of, 66 Traill, H. D., on book readers, 35 Trajan, Library of, 135 Traversari, Ambrogio, 137 Urbino, Dukes of, 110, 144 —— Memoirs of the, 119 —— book-collecting by, 145 —— hospitality to men of letters, 148 —— Library of, 138 —— his collection of ancient MSS., 149 Valvio, G., Publisher of Plato (1482), 142 Vespasiano, a MSS. copyist, 138 —— on Casimo's plan of forming a library, 138 —— on Federigo's literary habits, 148 —— on the S. Marco Library Catalogue, 138 Vitruvius' Architecture, 119, 125 Walpole, H., on Beauclerk's library, 107 Walpole's Letters, edited by Cunningham, 3 Wanley, H., 79 Warwick, Earl of, Library of early romances, List of, 71, 72 Weeding out, 80 Wheatley, B. R., on library arrangement, 90 Wheatley, H. B., Pepys and the World he lived in, 74, 82, 90 Where is it? 40 White Canons, Catalogue of the House of the, 70 Whittingham, Books printed by, 4 Whittingham's garden at Chiswick, 4 Wilberforce, Dr., on knowledge, 42 Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians, 44 Willett, Deb., 78 Willis and Clark, History of Cambridge University, 120 Wordsworth, careless with his books, 16 Wren, Sir C., bookcases at Trinity College, Cambridge, 102 Wren, W., on Education, 45 Zola, 110

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