The Great Book-Collectors was an 1893 book by British authors Charles Elton and Mary Augusta Elton, his wife. It deals with bibliophilia and bibliomania.
The book is generally available online rather than in original in major collections.
Connection with major collections
The book describes in detail the circumstances behind the creation of the following institutions:
Reception
The book remains an invaluable source of information on the transition from manuscripts to books that occurred in the Middle Ages.
Copyright status
The book is in the public domain in the United States and is available online.
References
- Elton, Charles Isaac, The great book-collectors (Large paper ed.), b K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, retrieved 25 October 2016
- Charles Isaac Elton; Elton, Mary Augusta, 1838-1914; Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Collection (Library of Congress); Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) (1893), The great book-collectors, London K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ltd, retrieved 25 October 2016
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