THE BOOK LOVER'S

ENCHIRIDION,

The Book-Lover's

Enchiridion.

THOUGHTS ON THE

Solace

AND

Companionship

OF

Books.

Selected and Chronologically Arranged by

Pbilobiblos.

" INFINITE RICHES IN A LITTLE ROOM."

C. Marlowe.

1883.

270. g. 984.

18 MAY 83

OXFORD

LONDON:

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co.,
STATIONERS' COURT.

EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS.

MANCHESTER: J. E. CORNISH.

GLASGOW: DAVID M. MAIN.

PRINTED BY A. IRELAND AND CO..
MANCHESTER.

Second Thousand.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

ΤΟ

JAMES CROSSLEY, ESQ.,

PRESIDENT OF THE CHETHAM SOCIETY,

AN

ACCOMPLISHED

AND

HONOURED BOOK-LOVER;

THIS LITTLE VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

ITS COMPILER.