Philobiblon : A Treatise on the Love of Books (Paperback)

Preface; Prologue; 1. On the commendation of wisdom; 2. Showeth that books are to be preferred to riches; 3. Books ought always to be bought; 4. How much good arises from books; 5. Good professors of religion buy books; 6. In praise of the ancient, and reprehension of the modern religious mendicants; 7. Deploring the destruction of books by wars and fire; 8. Of the numerous opportunities of the author of collecting books from all quarters; 9. The ancient students surpassed the modern in fervency of learning; 10. Science grew to perfection by degrees; 11. Laws are, properly speaking, neither sciences nor books; 12. Of the utility and necessity of grammar; 13. A vindication of poetry, and its utility; 14. Of those who ought particularly to love books; 15. Of the manifold effect of the sciences which are contained in books; 16. Of writing new books and repairing old ones; 17. Of handling books in a cleanly manner, and keeping them in order; 18. The author against detractors; 19. A provident arrangement by which books may be lent to strangers; 20. The author desires to be prayed for, and notably teaches students to pray; Notes.