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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