. The life of Sir Thomas Bodley written by himself . INTTlODUCriON. N sending out to my friendsthis reprint of the rare littleLi/e of S Thomas Bodley^written by himselfe, mymotive for selecting this par-ticular work for the purpose will be suffi-ciently obvious to them : what may be likelyto cause more speculation would, however,be unaccounted for without this prefatorynote—viz., my reasons for sele6ling Bodleyas the patron saint of my business. I have always been in doubt whetherthe writing of a great book or the capacity to 403 iv Introduction to appreciate it were the finest thing in thewor
. The life of Sir Thomas Bodley written by himself . INTTlODUCriON. N sending out to my friendsthis reprint of the rare littleLi/e of S Thomas Bodley^written by himselfe, mymotive for selecting this par-ticular work for the purpose will be suffi-ciently obvious to them : what may be likelyto cause more speculation would, however,be unaccounted for without this prefatorynote—viz., my reasons for sele6ling Bodleyas the patron saint of my business. I have always been in doubt whetherthe writing of a great book or the capacity to 403 iv Introduction to appreciate it were the finest thing in theworld; but I am convinced that next in im-portance after the writing and the appreciatingis the publishing of it. It was this whichled me to regard the starting of a publishingbusiness as a thing to be achieved sooneror later. In July 1887, in company with my friendMr. R. W. Wilson of the British Museum,I was one day at an exhibition in the Rem-brandt Head Gallery in Vigo Street; and,casually asking the proprietor, Mr. Dunthorne,if 1|^ knew of any cosy little corn
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