A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac

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Excerpt from A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: Or, Cento of Notes and Reminiscences Concerning Rare, Curious, and Valuable BooksThe following Work is neither a Satire like Swift's Gulliver's Travels, nor a pure Voyage Imaginaire like that of our Flying Friend, Peter Wilkins but a Journey, which, although short in its result, has been somewhat longer in the performance than might seem consonant to modern ideas of quick travelling and, if it partake in no slight degree of the dust and dullness usually attendant on the Biblioma niac's road, let us hope that the showers of Spring may have imparted some of their freshness to a few favoured spots, and rendered the account of this Journey, if not very enter taining, at least endurable from its presumed utility - and the Author's aim will be amply achieved, if what W arton says of Archbishop Parker's Psalter, be also said of this Journey.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.