The love of books: the Philobiblon of Richard de Bury / translated from the Latin by E. C. Thomas.
Richard de Bury (1287-1345)
Category
Books
Date
1907
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3008213
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxi, [1], 148 p., plate :. front. ; 15 cm. Provenance: pictorial bookplate: “Vita. A good book is the best of friends the same today and forever. 1908 Knole” [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Second free endpaper inscribed: "Victoria Sackville West from Basil Montgomery, 1908." Binding: twentirth-century brown morocco; gold tooled borders; golf tooled spine, with acorn motif; five false bands; gold lettered spine; all edges gold. Binder's stamp on upper cover turn in: Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St W.
Makers and roles
Richard de Bury (1287-1345) Ernest Chester Thomas (1850-1892) Sir Israel Gollancz (1864-1930)