Word: bibliophilia
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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GREAT BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTORS by Alan G. Thomas. 280 pages. Putnam. $35. An opulently illustrated, often witty guide to bibliophilia and its causes (there is no cure). Author Thomas, a London book dealer, discusses everything from early illuminated manuscripts to the feats of the best printers, bookbinders, illustrators, forgers and dupes. Happily, descriptions focus on people rather than techniques. Of J.P. Morgan, last of the profligate collectors, Thomas writes with typical piquancy: "He pursued the life of an unostentatious gentleman on a majestic scale...
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