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The Great Book-CollectorsElton, Charles Isaac

The Great Book-Collectors

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The Great Book-Collectors

Elton, Charles Isaac

Book collecting; Book collectors -- Biography

Accented characters have been made consistent to assist searching via
the index:
Medici -> Medici
Francois -> Francois
Ximenes -> Ximenes
Etienne -> Etienne
Orleans -> Orleans
Derome -> Derome
Merard -> Merard
Meric -> Meric

Hyphenation has been left as printed - inconsistencies are:
shiploads, ship-loads
birthplace, birth-place
heirloom, heir-loom
lifetime, life-time
bookshops, book-shops

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