Bibliosophia; or, Book-wisdom, containing some account of book-collecting, by an aspirant [J. Beresford]. ii. The twelve labours of an editor, separately pitted against those of HerculesMiller, 1810 - 126 من الصفحات |
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admiration already Amazons ambition Atlas Augeas Author beauty BIBLIOMANIA Birds of Stymphalis black letter BLACK-LETTER Boar BOOK-COLLECTOR celebrated Collector confessed contrived Copies printed Critic Demigod distinguished Ditto dragon duodecimo Editor employed enterprize error Eurystheus fancy feelings fortunate glories guineas hand head Hercules Hero Hesperides honour hope Hydra ILLUSTRATED COPY indulge King Labour LABOURS OF HERCULES Ladies Large Paper Copies LARGE-PAPER COPIES late least leaves less Lion literary Mares of Diomedes Master MAXIM mind modern Monster nature never noble object occasion once PARALLEL particular passion perhaps plebeian possession present pretty PRINCEPS EDITIO prize rational Reader reading remarkable rence respect rival seems Shakspeare shelf shew shewn Stag Student suddenly supposed surprize Symptoms task taste tence thought Thumb tion TITLE-PAGE TRUE EDITION TWELVE LABOURS Typhon typographical UNCUT COPIES UNIQUE COPY VELLUM venerable volume whole word
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الصفحة 76 - In perusing a corrupted piece, he must have before him all possibilities of meaning, with all possibilities of expression. Such must be his comprehension of thought, and such his copiousness of language. Out of many readings possible, he must be able to select that which best suits with the state, opinions, and modes of language prevailing in every age, and with his author's particular cast of thought, and turn of expression.
الصفحة 46 - Unique Copies. A passion for a book which has any peculiarity about it, by either, or both, of the foregoing methods of illustration— or which is remarkable for its size, beauty, and condition — is indicative of a rage for unique copies, and is unquestionably a strong prevailing symptom of the Bibliomania. Let me therefore urge every sober and cautious collector not to be fascinated by the terms "Matchless, and Unique"; which, "in slim Italicks
الصفحة 108 - Hebrides," in which it is said, that I could not get through Mrs. Montagu's " Essay on Shakspeare," I do not delay a moment to declare, that, on the contrary, I have always commended it myself and heard it commended by every one else ; and few things would give me more concern than to be thought incapable of tasting, or unwilling to testify my opinion of its excellence.
الصفحة iv - Next come the rivals strains of ' An Aspirant.' FIRST MAXIM. Who slaves the monkish folio through, With lore or science in his view, Him .... visions black, or devils blue, Shall haunt at his expiring taper ; Yet, 'tis a weakness of the wise, To chuse the volume by the size, And riot in the pODd'roos prize — Dear Copies— printed on LARGE TAPER '
الصفحة v - Dresses the borders of his book, Merely to ornament its look — Amongst philosophers a fop is : What if, perchance, he thence discover Facilities in turning over ? The Virtuoso is a Lover Of coyer charms in
الصفحة 33 - Let the historian but obliquely allude to a long-forgotten name, — and, with stupendous alacrity, the POWER OF ILLUSTRATION has dragged the world of curiosity for every effigy, genuine or spurious, by every graver, of every age, from every country, in every degree of excellence, and in every stage of preservation, down to the last dregs of ruin : — lo triumphe!
الصفحة 34 - ... there they are, and in they shoal upon the groaning, bursting volume ! — Let the writer but have innocently hinted that his hero or his hero's cousin, had a house to live in, — and, while the press is working the intelligence, representation upon representation of the last rafter of every dwelling, suspected to have been once visited by either, is ready to push into its place! — Did an illustrious (and accordingly illustrated) personage, ever sit down ? — there is his chair, — or, at...
الصفحة vi - MAXIM. Who blindly take the book display'd By pettifoggers in the trade, Nor ask of what the leaf was made, That seems like paper — I can tell 'em, That though 'tis possible to squint Through any page with letters in't, No copy, though an angel print, Reads elegantly— but
الصفحة iii - ... And spouting fires incite his eager speed, Appall'd he flies, while rattling show'rs invade, Invoking ev'ry Saint for instant aid : Breathless, amaz'd, he seeks the distant shore, And vows to tempt the dang'rous gulph no more. JOHN FERRIAR, The Bibliomania : An Epistle to Richard Heber, Esq., 1809.
الصفحة vi - write me down an Ass," When, spying through the curious mass, I rub my hands, and wipe my glass, If, 'chance, an Error bless my notice, — Will prize, when drill'd into his duty, These lovely warts of ugly beauty ; For Books, when false, (it may be new t' ye,) Are " TRUE Editions : "—odd, ... but so 'tis.