The Philobiblon noting the brilliant early insights

noting the brilliant early insights and intuitions that contributed to the modern science

“An excellent history of one of the most interesting of American religious cults

Drawn from the leading pulp magazines of the 1950s — Galaxy

as well as other lands of the West

The Philobiblon noting the brilliant early insights"Will always hold an honorable place for bibliophiles." The University of Chicago Press One of the earliest treatises on the value of preserving neglected manuscripts, building a library, and book collecting, Richard De Bury's The Philobiblon was written in 1345 and circulated widely in manuscript form for over a century. The first printed edition appeared in Cologne in 1473, and several others soon followed as the invention of the printing press