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Excerpt from Early English Literature, 1519-1700, Vol. 1
As I éecame interested in rare éooés and in tneir acqui sitian, I naturally turned to tne study of oioliograp/zies, out naving in tne course of a few idle montns made copi ous notes on tne volumes tnat I lzad collected, it occurred to me to put t/zese notes into a permanent form oy puo lisning tnem in a printed catalogue. From tne various catalogues ofotner lioraries tnat I dad carefully studied, I culled from eacfi wnat in my judgment were t/ze éest and most essential features of compilation and collation, resulting in tne sc/zeme nerein presented. For tnis purpose it required a complete revision ofwnat data I nad gatn ered toget/zer, a tasé for w/zic/z I nad not t/ze time, owing to many ousiness interests tnat required attention, to un dertake mysefi'.
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