Word: philobiblon
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Dates: during 1895-1895
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Professor Andrew F. West, of Princeton, lectured before the Classical Club last evening in Harvard 1. His subject was "The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury," and he spoke in substance as follows...
...Oxford and became tutor to the Prince of Wales, aferwards Edward III. When Edward came to the throne, Richard de Bury was consecrated Bishop of Durham and afterwards was made Lord Treasurer and Lord High Chancellor. In 1343 he went into retirement and began a work on his "Philobiblon," which he finished in 1345, three months before his death...
...Philobiblon," was Richard's literary testament and autobiography. It is in Latin and consists of a prologue, twenty chapters, and a final note. The prologue gives his reasons for writing the book. Richard de Bury had been accused by his contemporaries of snobbery. They said that he tried to make himself better than other men by accumulating his library. De Bury answered these charges by saying that his reason for collecting books was that he might leave them at his death to establish a library for the use of poor students at Oxford. He says that he wrote the "Philobiblon...
...Philobiblon has been edited thirteen times, the first edition being published...
Professor West closed his lecture by reading three chapters of the Philobiblon to illustrate the general character and aim of the work...