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Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Library Formed by Edward Arnold Part from the necessity, for many reasons, of having a catalogue of my father's library, just as my sister and I had a catalogue of his French furniture (so ably compiled by Mr. Frank Rutter), it has also been made as a souvenir of the happy hours we spent together looking at the books he loved so much. Tell me, says a Spanish proverb, what books a man reads, and I will tell you what he is 3 and a perusal of the catalogue shows and reflects, more truly. His exquisite and refined taste and foresight, than anything I can write. My father always preferred quality to quantity, and therefore it is not what the world would call a large library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.