The 30 commandments of the bibliophile
In 1909, Harold Klett published in The Library Journal, an article entitled "Do not" prohibitions containing 30 related to books dedicated to the bibliophile. The precepts are as follows with some comments from other authors collected by Francisco Mendoza Díaz-Maroto in the book "Passion for books"
1 .- Do not read in bed.
2 .- Do not make marginal notes, unless a Coleridge.
3 .- Do not bend the tips of the leaves.
4 .- Do not cutting new books neglect. It refers to the uncut books, which have been bound uncut beards to the statements that compose it. Some authors recommend cut with a card.
5 .- Do not scribble your interesting and valuable autograph on the title pages. Or anywhere else the book, say the commentators.
6 .- Do not put in a volume of a weight, a binder of one hundred dollars. For each binding should not exceed one third of the purchase price of the book, others simply are cautioned not to exceed the value of the book.
7 .- Do not dip the tip of the fingers to more easily turn the pages.
8 .- Do not read eating. Read or eat or drink.
9 .- Do not trust the precious books to poor binders.
10 .- Do not let the book fall on the ashes of cigarette smoking and even better not read. This hurts the eye.
11 .- Do not start from the books of antique prints.
12 .- Do not put your books on the outer edge or channel, as is often done when reading and reading is interrupted momentarily, rather than bothering to close the book after having put up a sign.
13 .- Do dried leaves of plants in the books.
14 .- Do not have the library shelves above the peaks of gas. The recommendation is obsolete but especially sunlight and heat from the radiators are still terrible enemies on all of the bindings.
15 .- Do not hold the books holding them by the covers.
16 .- Do not sneeze on the pages.
17 .- Do not strip the leaves off guard covers.
18 .- Do not buy worthless books.
19 .- Do not clean the dirty books.
20 .- Do not keep the books locked up in chests, desks, dressers, or cabinets, they need air.
21 .- Do not bind together two different books.
22 .- In no event will draw the pictures and maps of the books
23 .- Do not cutting books with hairpins.
24 .- Do leather bound books in Russian. The various provisions of these thirty commentators find difficult to understand this point.
25 .- Do not use the books to ensure you pick the chairs or tables.
26 .- Do not dispose of cat books, or against children. Another widen the ban: "No child should be allowed to admire weeping thumbnails of capital letters, lest with wet hands from staining the parchment, then then play what you see. "
27 .- Do not break the books open it up and force.
28 .- Do not read books bound near the fire or fireplace, or in the hammock, or shipped.
29 .- Do not let the book take moisture.
30 .- Do not forget these tips.
In 1909, Harold Klett published in The Library Journal, an article entitled "Do not" prohibitions containing 30 related to books dedicated to the bibliophile. The precepts are as follows with some comments from other authors collected by Francisco Mendoza Díaz-Maroto in the book "Passion for books"
1 .- Do not read in bed.
2 .- Do not make marginal notes, unless a Coleridge.
3 .- Do not bend the tips of the leaves.
4 .- Do not cutting new books neglect. It refers to the uncut books, which have been bound uncut beards to the statements that compose it. Some authors recommend cut with a card.
5 .- Do not scribble your interesting and valuable autograph on the title pages. Or anywhere else the book, say the commentators.
6 .- Do not put in a volume of a weight, a binder of one hundred dollars. For each binding should not exceed one third of the purchase price of the book, others simply are cautioned not to exceed the value of the book.
7 .- Do not dip the tip of the fingers to more easily turn the pages.
8 .- Do not read eating. Read or eat or drink.
9 .- Do not trust the precious books to poor binders.
10 .- Do not let the book fall on the ashes of cigarette smoking and even better not read. This hurts the eye.
11 .- Do not start from the books of antique prints.
12 .- Do not put your books on the outer edge or channel, as is often done when reading and reading is interrupted momentarily, rather than bothering to close the book after having put up a sign.
13 .- Do dried leaves of plants in the books.
14 .- Do not have the library shelves above the peaks of gas. The recommendation is obsolete but especially sunlight and heat from the radiators are still terrible enemies on all of the bindings.
15 .- Do not hold the books holding them by the covers.
16 .- Do not sneeze on the pages.
17 .- Do not strip the leaves off guard covers.
18 .- Do not buy worthless books.
19 .- Do not clean the dirty books.
20 .- Do not keep the books locked up in chests, desks, dressers, or cabinets, they need air.
21 .- Do not bind together two different books.
22 .- In no event will draw the pictures and maps of the books
23 .- Do not cutting books with hairpins.
24 .- Do leather bound books in Russian. The various provisions of these thirty commentators find difficult to understand this point.
25 .- Do not use the books to ensure you pick the chairs or tables.
26 .- Do not dispose of cat books, or against children. Another widen the ban: "No child should be allowed to admire weeping thumbnails of capital letters, lest with wet hands from staining the parchment, then then play what you see. "
27 .- Do not break the books open it up and force.
28 .- Do not read books bound near the fire or fireplace, or in the hammock, or shipped.
29 .- Do not let the book take moisture.
30 .- Do not forget these tips.
Book: Mendoza Diaz-Maroto, Francisco
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