bibliotheca

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In the catalogue dated 1512 it is called Intima et ultima secretior bibliotheca, and seems to have contained the most valued treasures.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

—Sir J. Stephen, in his essay on The French Benedictines, gives an anagram of Father Finavdis of the Latinized name of that great bibliophagist Magliabechi:—Antonius Magliabechius—Is unus bibliotheca magna.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Marcus ejus frater faber lignarius habuere ducatos xxv pro parte solucionis banchorum quæ fiunt in bibliotheca addita nunc a Smo. d. nostro, die xviii Julii 1480.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

E bibliotheca Marquardii Gudii ad I. A. Fabricium, et, ex huius dono, ad Theodorum Ianssonium ab Almeloueen transmigrauere; qui illas suæ, Amstelodami 1709 8vo in lucem prolatæ; Apicii editioni inseri curauit.”

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

Emptis quod libris tibi bibliotheca referta est,   Doctum et grammaticum te, philomuse, putas.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard