Why do some of us develop such a deep love of books? We love books because we love reading, of course, but that is not a completely satisfying answer, because I mean “books” as physical objects. I can read books on a Kindle or a computer; I can listen to them on an audiobook. And after all, there was a time when books did not even exist: literacy is a relatively recent invention. Poetry and storytelling existed as oral performances, as they still do in public readings and bedtime stories. Nevertheless, it did not take long after the invention of printing made books generally, cheaply available for the phenomenon of the bibliophile to manifest itself. And as the love of reading may develop into a love of books, the love of books may develop into the love of collecting books.
January 21, 2022
January 21, 2022
January 21, 2022
Why do some of us develop such a deep love of books? We love books because we love reading, of course, but that is not a completely satisfying answer, because I mean “books” as physical objects. I can read books on a Kindle or a computer; I can listen to them on an audiobook. And after all, there was a time when books did not even exist: literacy is a relatively recent invention. Poetry and storytelling existed as oral performances, as they still do in public readings and bedtime stories. Nevertheless, it did not take long after the invention of printing made books generally, cheaply available for the phenomenon of the bibliophile to manifest itself. And as the love of reading may develop into a love of books, the love of books may develop into the love of collecting books.