01550nam a2200229u 4500 MeVbMML 20250718131728.0 ta 010904|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 0-8050-3653-9 AJM AJM 002.075 Basbanes, Nicholas A 21957 A gentle madness : Bibliophiles, biblionames, and the eternal passion for books / Nicolas A. Basbanes New York, NY Henry Holt 1995 638 p. D., 9/01 The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness is an adventure among the afflicted. Author Nicholas Basbanes, a dedicated bibliophile himself, begins his book 2,200 years ago in Alexandria, when a commitment was made to gather all the world's knowledge beneath one roof. In a series of lively chapters, the continuum then passes through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the twentieth century with a special emphasis on book lore and book culture in Great Britain and North America. In the second half of A Gentle Madness, Basbanes offers a gallery of revealing profiles of living collectors and presents exclusive examinations of the great contemporary stories. The book also includes the most comprehensive bibliography on book collecting compiled in more than a quarter century Book collecting 21958 Bibbliomania 21959 ddc BOOK 5546 5546 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2016-10-26 1 002.075 Basb 15307 2024-02-16 2024-02-03 35.00 2016-10-26 BOOK