Excerpt from A Monograph on Privately Illustrated Books: A Plea for Bibliomania We have visited nearly all of the book collections named in the following monograph, and have inspected a vast number of the books mentioned. In some instances our information was obtained through persons specially commissioned by us for the purpose; in others, we have only a statement prepared by the owner; in cases where it was inexpedient for us to visit in consequence of the distance, sample volumes have been sent us, that is, one volume of each important set, and we have accepted the statement of the owner for the balance. It had been our original intention to give an account of the origin or beginning and development of each collection. This we soon found to be impracticable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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