Curiosities of Literature Vol. 2 |
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| Author:
| Disraeli, Isaac |
| ISBN: | 979-8-8430-5279-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2022 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.90 |
Book Description:
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The passion for forming vast collections of books has necessarily existed in all periods of human curiosity; but long it required regal munificence to found a national library. It is only since the art of multiplying the productions of the mind has been discovered, that men of letters themselves have been enabled to rival this imperial and patriotic honour. The taste for books, so rare before the fifteenth century, has gradually become general only within these four hundred years: in...
More DescriptionThe passion for forming vast collections of books has necessarily existed in all periods of human curiosity; but long it required regal munificence to found a national library. It is only since the art of multiplying the productions of the mind has been discovered, that men of letters themselves have been enabled to rival this imperial and patriotic honour. The taste for books, so rare before the fifteenth century, has gradually become general only within these four hundred years: in that small space of time the public mind of Europe has been created.