01711cam a22003373u 4500 626 UtSlPG 20260610133034.0 m cr n 260607r1996||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 Z Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345 The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1996 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philobiblon Release date is 1996-08-01 Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury" by Richard de Bury is a collection of essays written in 1345. This medieval treatise explores the acquisition, preservation, and organization of books through twenty chapters. Written in Latin by an English bibliophile, it aims to encourage learning, justify the author's devotion to books, and provide practical library management advice. The work contains innovations in circulation control and references the Bible extensively, becoming one of the longest medieval texts on its subject. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Book collecting Manuscripts, Medieval -- Collectors and collecting Thomas, Ernest Chester, 1850-1892 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/626 42753 42753