01860cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000060011910000400012524500620016526400510022730000470027833600260032533700260035133800360037750000850041350000310049850801320052952006590066153400450132065300200136565300170138565300160140265300200141885600430143899900170148128540UtSlPG20260610133642.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a53000032  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aZ1 aDibdin, Thomas Frognall,d1776-184710aBibliomania; or Book-Madness :bA Bibliographical Romance 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliomania_(book)  aRelease date is 2009-04-08  aE-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Bibliomania; or Book-Madness" by Thomas Frognall Dibdin is a satirical work first published in 1809. Written as fictional dialogues among book collectors, it playfully diagnoses a supposed disease afflicting wealthy bibliophiles of the Romantic era. Through mock-heroic conversations, Dibdin catalogs obsessive symptoms: coveting uncut copies, first editions, banned books, and rare bindings. This eccentric work gently mocks aristocratic collectors while simultaneously fueling the very collecting mania it pretends to cure, becoming Dibdin's bestselling production and inspiring legendary auction battles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aBook collecting  aBibliography  aBibliomania  aBooks -- Prices40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28540  c69448d69448