The Philobiblon Newly Translated
Prologue
I That the Treasure of Wisdom Is Chiefly Contained in Books
II the Degree of Affection That Is Properly Due to Books
III What We Are to Think of the Price in the Buying of Books
IV the Complaint of Books Against the Clergy Already Promoted
V the Complaint of Books Against the Possessioners
VI the Complaint of Books Against the Mendicants
VII the Complaint of Books Against Wars
VIII of the Numerous Opportunities We Have Had of Collecting a Store of Books
IX How, Although We Preferred the Works of the Ancients, We Have Not Condemned the Studies of the Moderns
X of the Gradual Perfecting of Books
XI Why We Have Preferred Books of Liberal Learning to Books of Law
XII Why We Have Caused Books of Grammar to Be So Diligently Prepared
XIII Why We Have Not Wholly Neglected the Fables of the Poets
XIV Who Ought to Be Special Lovers of Books
XVI That It Is Meritorious to Write New Books and to Renew the Old
XVII Of Showing Due Propriety in the Custody of Books
XVIII Showeth that we have collected so great store of books for the common benefit of scholars and not only for our own pleasure