Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index.
Contents
Introduction. New Bibliopolis -- 1. Books Worthy of Our Era? Octave Uzanne, Technology, and the Luxury Book -- 2. Ancients against Moderns: Bibliophilia at the Fin de Siecle -- 3. Everything to the Moderns: Independent and Contemporary Bibliophiles -- 4. Artist and Amateur in the Creation of Fin-de-Siecle Illustrated Books -- 5. Unpacking His Library. Robert de Montesquiou and the Aesthetics of the Book -- 6. Enemies of Books? Women and the Bibliophilic Imagination -- 7. Conclusion: The End of Books?
Local Note
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Language
Title and text in English ; with some text in French.