The Bury, Richard de 1287-1345 creator Thomas, Ernest Chester 1850-1892 text utu 1996 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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. Original publication data not identified Book collecting Manuscripts, Medieval -- Collectors and collecting Z Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/626 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/626 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133034.0 626