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Title: Bibliomania; or Book-Madness
A Bibliographical Romance

Author: Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Release Date: April 8, 2009 [eBook #28540]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note:

Thomas Frognall Dibdin's _Bibliomania_ was originally published
in 1809 and was re-issued in several editions, including one
published by Chatto & Windus in 1876. This e-book was prepared
from a reprint of the 1876 edition, published by Thoemmes Press
and Kinokuniya Company Ltd. in 1997. Where the reprint was
unclear, the transcriber consulted a copy of the actual 1876
edition.

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