[Rarebooks] FS: Lord Lindsay, England's Greatest Antique Book Collector

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"Bibliotheca Lindesiana. The Lives and Collections of Alexander William,
25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th
Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres"

By Nicolas Barker. London; Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club,
and published by Bernard Quaritch, in 1978. ‘Reprinted, with corrections’.

“Alexander, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812-80) called Lord Lindsay for most
of his life, was fascinated by books and the window that they opened on
new ideas, foreign lands and languages, and, above all, the past. He began
to collect books before he was ten, and continued to do so for the rest of
his life”. Unlike his contemporary, Sir Thomas Phillipps, Lindsay did not
aim to acquire a copy of every book ever printed, but aimed at creating
the perfect library of literature, scholarship and learning. His son
followed in his footsteps, and by the 1880s the library had achieved
legendary proportions. This detailed, scholarly and entertaining book
chronicles the foundations of the library, and the lives and collecting of
its two chief architects.

Hardcover. 7.5”x11”, 415 pages, black & white illustrations; light wear. 
$125.00

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