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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: Black-letter books in United States, 91.
Blatta germanica, 65.
Boccaccio, 48-50.
Bodleian, hookworms at, 87.
Bookbinders as enemies of books, 103.
Books, absurd lettering, i i i.
--burnt at Carthage; at Ephesus, 4.--burnt in Fire
of London, 10.--burnt by Saracens, 3.--captured by Corsairs, 18.
-cleaning of, 114.--deprived of title pages, i 18, 119.
Books destroyed at the Reformation, Si.--dried in an attic, 16.--
examination of old covers, i 16.--how to dust them, 134.
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