| Chapter | | Page | | List of Illustrations | vii | | I | Classical | 1 | | II | Ireland—Northumbria | 13 | | III | England | 27 | | IV | Italy—The Age of Petrarch | 41 | | V | Oxford—Duke Humphrey's Books—The Library of the Valois | 53 | | VI | Italy—The Renaissance | 63 | | VII | Italian Cities—Olympia Morata—Urbino—The Books of Corvinus | 76 | | VIII | Germany—Flanders—Burgundy—England | 87 | | IX | France: Early Bookmen—Royal Collectors | 99 | | X | The Old Royal Library—Fairfax—Cotton—Harley—The University of Cambridge | 111 | | XI | Bodley—Digby—Laud—Selden—Ashmole | 124 | | XII | Grolier and his Successors | 139 | | XIII | Later Collectors: France—Italy—Spain | 158 | | XIV | De Thou—Pinelli—Peiresc | 169 | | XV | French Collectors—NaudÉ to Renouard | 183 | | XVI | Later English Collectors | 202 | | Index | 221 |
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