Books in the House An Essay On Private Libraries And Collections for Young And
Books in the House An Essay On Private Libraries And Collections for Young And
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If I buy a book, of which I already possess a reasonably good edition, merely because it is prettily printed, I have to confess to myself that I do it because I am tempted to become a collector of speci- mens of fine printing. As it is a little danger- 63 ous for literary folk with children to educate to collect anything at all I try to compromise by getting rid of the less attractive edition every time I buy a prettier one* But this is only a ruse which would not even deceive the lady who shar...es the educational responsibility aforesaid, did she require deceiving* Her own temptations lie in the not very expensive di- rection of all the editions of Jane Austen's novels that have ever been printed* This is a rather common form of introduction to book- collecting, and only becomes dangerous when the writer selected began inconveniently early* The late Mr* R. C* Christie, a genuine scholar and collector, had a special fondness for Horace, and brought together over eight hun- dred different editions* Another book-lover, Mr, Waterton, collected all the editions of the Imitatio Christi which he could acquire, and at the time of his death, if I remember rightly, possessed over thirteen hundred of them* All of these not already on its shelves were purchased by the British Museum, and the fact that the whole of the Museum collection, thus reinforced, passed through my hands during the process of recataloguing did not diminish the distaste I have always felt for this particular form of collecting.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If I buy a book, of which I already possess a reasonably good edition, merely because it is prettily printed, I have to confess to myself that I do it because I am tempted to become a collector of speci- mens of fine printing. As it is a little danger- 63 ous for literary folk with children to educate to collect anything at all I try to compromise by getting rid of the less attractive edition every time I buy a prettier one* But this is only a ruse which would not even deceive the lady who shar...es the educational responsibility aforesaid, did she require deceiving* Her own temptations lie in the not very expensive di- rection of all the editions of Jane Austen's novels that have ever been printed* This is a rather common form of introduction to book- collecting, and only becomes dangerous when the writer selected began inconveniently early* The late Mr* R. C* Christie, a genuine scholar and collector, had a special fondness for Horace, and brought together over eight hun- dred different editions* Another book-lover, Mr, Waterton, collected all the editions of the Imitatio Christi which he could acquire, and at the time of his death, if I remember rightly, possessed over thirteen hundred of them* All of these not already on its shelves were purchased by the British Museum, and the fact that the whole of the Museum collection, thus reinforced, passed through my hands during the process of recataloguing did not diminish the distaste I have always felt for this particular form of collecting.
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