De la Bibliomanie.
by (BOLLIOUD DE MERMET, LOUIS)
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A la Haye, 1761. 8vo. 111, (i) pp. Modern half calf binding. Uncut. Some dustsoiling on the titlepage and around the edges.
First edition of this work by Louis Bollioud de Mermet (1709-1796) that discusses all aspects of bibliomania, the obsessive pursuit of book and compulsive book buying. The term 'bibliomania' was already in use in England in 1734 but the present work is one of the earliest works that use the term. De Bollioud Mermet who was a book collector himself states on page 9: 'En effet, avoir des collections de livres avec l'incapacité ou le défaut de volonté de lire & d'étudier, c'est un étrange manie, une aveugle ostentation. Entasser des amas de volumes sans nécessité, sans discernmenent, c'est une inutilité absurde, une vaine superfluité..." Scarce on the market. [c.f. Brunet VI ('Table'), 1795].
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- De la Bibliomanie.
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- (BOLLIOUD DE MERMET, LOUIS)
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- Used
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- Place of Publication
- La Haye
- Date Published
- 1761
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