Henry E. Huntington's library of libraries.

From: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada | Date: April 1, 1997 | Copyright information

Donald C. Dickinson. Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries. San Marino, California: Huntington Library Press, 1995. xvii, [I], 286 pp.; $24.95 U.S. (cloth). ISBN 0-87328-153-5.

The year, 1911, was an annus mirabilus for Henry E. Huntington as a book collector. Prior to that time he had shown himself to be a modest collector, but in 1911, for $750,000, he purchased the entire library of Elihu Dwight Church, which consisted of 2,000 titles, including a collection of S...

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