"Bibliomaniac" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (No. 22. p. 351.).—"J.S." is informed that copies of the Gesta Grayorum are by no means uncommon. It was originally printed {490} for one shilling; but the bibliomaniac must now pay from twenty to thirty shillings for a copy. The original, printed in 1688, does not contain the second part, which was published by Mr. Nichols for the first time. Copies are in the Bodleian, and in the University ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 30. Saturday, May 25, 1850 • Various
... had selected the bibliomaniac Faustinus as a patron. Now, says the poet, you shall be anointed with oil of cedar; you shall revel in the decoration of both your sets of edges; your sticks shall be painted; your covering shall be purple, and your ...
— The Care of Books • John Willis Clark |
