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Page 10 - If thou art borrowed by a friend, Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, not to lend, But to return to me. Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store; But Books, I find, if often lent, Return to me no more. Read slowly, Pause frequently, Think seriously, Keep cleanly, return duly, With the corners of the leaves not turned down.
Page 17 - give me plenty of moonlight." Portrait plates are not at all common. Most of those that have been made date from the latter half of the nineteenth century. Diirer's friend, Bilibald Pirkheimer, is known to have had a plate of this kind which he pasted on the back covers of his books. Good old Bishop John Racket, of Lichfield, presented a number of books to Trinity College, Cambridge, in each of which was pasted his portrait and the motto "Serve God and be cheerful.
Page 12 - I'm not one of those selfish elves Who keep their treasures to themselves. I like to see them kept quite neat, But not for moth or worm to eat. Thus willingly to any friend A book of mine I'll freely lend Hoping they'll mind this good old mean, Return it soon and keep it clean. We have seen that the use of a book plate is no modern fad, though the collecting of the book plates is of comparatively recent origin. Various interests center around book plates. These might be listed as follows: i.