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Sit at my table, he says, feast on what I adore. \"The Club is still open for membership . . . All applicants are warmly admitted.\"' -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn this stunningly beautiful book, Christopher de Hamel constructs an imaginary club of people who adore mediaeval manuscripts; bibliophiles whose obsession he shares. The 12 delightfully eccentric members span eight centuries - de Hamel imagines meeting them, sharing precious discoveries, trading gossip. The illustrations emit a light of their own, but what shines even brighter is the author's boyish enthusiasm for his subject. * Times Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003ea beautifully produced and magnificently surprising journey through the history of how and why people have wanted to collect manuscripts. 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