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  1. Jul 2023
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    Perspective | Paperback or hardcover? Used or new? Let’s talk about our book habits.
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    1. chrisaldrich 29 Jul 2023
      To paraphrase Gibbon on the Roman Emperor Gordian’s 22 acknowledged concubines, my books are for use, not ostentation.
      Edward Gibbon Gordian ostentatious book owning books as wallpaper books as commodities concubines
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  3. Feb 2023
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    Mark Bernstein: The Cambridge Companion To Edward Gibbon
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    1. chrisaldrich 17 Feb 2023
      This volume is filled with finely-written, accessible and engaging pieces on such topics as Gibbon’s style, his library and note-taking practices, and his knowledge of the city of Rome.

      The Cambridge Companion To Edward Gibbon by Karen O’Brien and Brian Young, eds.<br /> by Mark Bernstein

      Oh, do tell!

      Edward Gibbon note taking research methods read
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  5. Aug 2022
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    Principles of a Note-system for Historical Studies
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    1. chrisaldrich 25 Aug 2022
      Gibbon for instance made all his notes

      Historian Edward Gibbon made all of his notes "in books of fast-bound leaves".

      Edward Gibbon note taking methods notebooks

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