Librorum Ridiculorum

A Compendium of Bizarre Books

Brian Lake (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

128 Seiten

2022
Harpercollins (Verlag)
978-0-00-854554-3 (ISBN)

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A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop.

Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons… and others are simply mad. This wonderful celebration of the oddest books ever published is a treat for all bibliophiles, booksellers and fans of the bizarre. It is an exploration of the most eccentric titles and covers from our past, that have inexplicably fallen out of print but should never be forgotten.

Gems include:

Scouts in Bondage
Frog Raising for Pleasure and Profit
Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented
Drummer Dick’s Discharge

Throughout his career of writing and selling books, Brian Lake has managed to collect hundreds of bizarre book examples across different genres and centuries. He is a partner in Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, the leading specialists in 17th, 18th and 19th century English literature and history.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	100 col illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	134 x 181 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-00-854554-5 / 0008545545
ISBN-13	978-0-00-854554-3 / 9780008545543
Zustand	Neuware