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... and take an interest in collecting them , for the priced lists which form the second portion of the volume fore- shadow , I think faithfully , that ideal collection which would be made , in fact , by the Book vi PREFACE .
... and take an interest in collecting them , for the priced lists which form the second portion of the volume fore- shadow , I think faithfully , that ideal collection which would be made , in fact , by the Book vi PREFACE .
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... collection may consist of many thousands of volumes . What is required is that the shelves shall contain a sufficient number of works upon some special subject , or upon any subject , and that they shall be selected with a due regard ...
... collection may consist of many thousands of volumes . What is required is that the shelves shall contain a sufficient number of works upon some special subject , or upon any subject , and that they shall be selected with a due regard ...
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... collected and verified , might and most probably would have become entirely lost through lapse of time . Although the study of bibliography is a vastly different thing from the mere collection of a greater or smaller number of books ...
... collected and verified , might and most probably would have become entirely lost through lapse of time . Although the study of bibliography is a vastly different thing from the mere collection of a greater or smaller number of books ...
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... collect works of sterling merit from famous old Presses ; and although popular taste has since become in a great measure diverted into other channels , it still remains necessary to know something about these old printers and the works ...
... collect works of sterling merit from famous old Presses ; and although popular taste has since become in a great measure diverted into other channels , it still remains necessary to know something about these old printers and the works ...
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... collection of the works of the best Greek and Latin authors , in many instances rescued from decaying manuscripts , and reproduced with the corrections which generations of slavish copying had rendered necessary . As previously stated ...
... collection of the works of the best Greek and Latin authors , in many instances rescued from decaying manuscripts , and reproduced with the corrections which generations of slavish copying had rendered necessary . As previously stated ...
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