Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and the "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" |
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25TH EARL achieve Agincourt ALEXANDER LINDSAY amateur ambition ancestors annals ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS assemble attics Augsburg Balcarres Biblio bibliomaniac Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookseller bought private Boy's buying called catalogued Catholicon Caxton century classical writers collectors concept confess copy critical editions dealers desiderata Earl of Crawford earliest early English Grammar enterprise example family Library famous father FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY folio Foss gave a commission graphical Grenville Haigh Henry Huth history of bibliography Holford honor influence knew knowledge language later learned less librarian Libraries formed Lilly Lindsay wrote Lindsay's London long superseded Lord Crawford Ludovic manuscripts Mazarine Bible mediaeval ment milestones mother Muncaster neglected old books Payne Pierpont Morgan Library printed Bible printed books private Library public Libraries Quaritch rarities rise to pre-eminence scholar Scottish history seduces shelves shillings Sir Thomas Phillipps special collections thought towers Treasures ture twig UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Utility and interest vellum Visiting wrestling