The Book Lovers' Anthology The Book Lovers' Anthology A Compendium of Writing about Books, Readers and LibrariesBodleian Library2014Hardback350pp233x153mm 9781851244188 Product Code: 512708 Details This ‘compendium of writing about books, readers and libraries’, first published in 1911, presents prose and poetry by a who’s who of literature and l... DetailsBackDetailsThis ‘compendium of writing about books, readers and libraries’, first published in 1911, presents prose and poetry by a who’s who of literature and learning, from Erasmus to Robert Louis Stevenson. The readings are arranged by themes including bibliophilia, the library and ‘literary worlds’ – in which we find this from Francis Bacon’s Apophthegmes: ‘Alonso of Aragon was wont to say of himself that he was a great Necromancer, for that he used to ask counsel of the dead: meaning Books.’Read moreRead less publ £20.00now £9.99 Qty Qty123 Add to Basket CategoriesLiteratureTagsLiterature & literary studies