Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

The Book Collector

Nodier, Charles, 1780-1844; Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879 [Illustrator]; Sessions, Barbara F. [Translator]· 2 chapters· 4,746 words

The accompanying essay by Charles Nodier, 1780–1844, Librarian of the Arsenal in Paris, bibliographer, bibliophile, and a literary leader of the Romantic Movement, originally appeared in French under the title “L’Amateur des Livres,” in _Les Français Peints par Eux-mêmes_, Par...

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1. Part 1

The accompanying essay by Charles Nodier, 1780–1844, Librarian of the Arsenal in Paris, bibliographer, bibliophile, and a literary leader of the Romantic Movement, originally ap...

2. Part 2

I have cited this obscure book-seller whom no biographer will ever celebrate――Passard, the Brutus, the Cassius, the last of the _bouquinistes_. Now I move on. The present-day ke...