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Harry Lyman Koopman
Harry Lyman Koopman (1860-1937)

librarian, poet, cataloger

  • Colby College, Harvard University

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The Narragansett country
The booklover and his books
Morrow-songs, 1880-1898
Orestes
The mastery of books
The librarian of the desert, and other poems
At the gates of the century
Materna
The great admiral
Woman's will
The miller of Fort St. Frederic
Orestes, or, The avenger
Pictorial initials
The book that brought back 'Caslon'
The problem of the dictionary page
Hesperia
The eternal pilgrim
The book beautiful
Indexes
Miniature books
The guerdon
The type design of yesterday
Types appropriate to poetry
The Gothic Minster
The Anointed
The Gothic minister
A morning at the Plantin Museum
Robert Ernest Cowan
Robert Ernest Cowan (1862-1942)

bookseller, bibliographer, librarian

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The forgotten characters of old San Francisco ..
Booksellers of early San Francisco
The Spanish press of California (1833-1844)
A bibliography of the history of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906
Bibliography of the Chinese question in the United States
A bibliography of the Spanish press of California, 1833-1845
The Library of William Andrews Clark, Jr
Bibliographical notes on early California
Primary Sources Historical Collections Bibliography Of The Chinese Question In The
The Spanish press of California, 1833-1845
A bibliography of the history of California
A bibliography of the history of California, 1510-1930
A bibliography of the Spanish press of California
Alexander S. Taylor, 1817-1876
Robert Browning, 1812-1869
José-Maria de Heredia
José-Maria de Heredia (1842-1905)

poet, translator, librarian

  • École des chartes

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Une Famille de gens de lettres en Arcachon, de 1850 à 1950
Les trophées
Les trophées
The trophies
Les trophées
Los trofeos
Los trofeos
The trophies
Los trofeos, Romancero y Los conquistadores de oro
Sonnets Of Jose Maria De Heredia
Sonnets of José-Maria de Heredia
Sonnets of Jose Maria De Heredia
Les trophées
Sonnets from the Trophies of José-Maria de Heredia
Les trophees
Les trophe es
Poésies complètes
Les trophées
The trophies
Los trofeos, Romancero y Los conquistadores de oro
Les Trophées
Les trophees /
Sonnets from the Trophies of Jose -Maria de Heredia
Les trophe es
Les troph £ees
The trophies, with other sonnets
Correspondance
Translations..
Les trophe es
Los trofeos de José María de Heredia ...
La Nonne Alferez
Salut à l'empereur
Sonnets from the Trophies of José-Maria de Heredia
Oeuvres poétiques complètes de José-Maria Heredia
The trophies
Los trofeos
Discours de réception à l'Académie française prononcé le 30 mai 1895
Los trofeos (sonetos) Discurso preliminar, traducción, notas y apéndices por Max Henríquez Ureña
Correspondance inédite, (1890-1905)
Sonnets from the Trophies
Lettres inédites de José Maria de Heredia à Alfred Morel-Fatio
Trofei
Sonety v perevodakh russkikh poėtov
OEuvres de José-María de Heredia: Les trophées
The trophies, with other sonnets
Les trophʹees
Sonnets of José-Maria de Heredia
Translations from José Maria de Heredia
Œuvres de José-Maria de Heredia
Poésies complètes
Discours de réception à l'Académie française prononcé le 30 mai 1895
Giuseppe Rovani
Giuseppe Rovani (1818-1874)

journalist, librarian

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Le tre arti considerate in alcuni illustri italiani contemporanei
Storia delle lettere e delle arti in Italia
Cento anni
La Libia d'oro
I capricci della moda
Simone Rigoni
Valenzia Candiano, o, La figlia dell'ammiraglio
La mente di Alessandro Manzoni
Lamberto Malatesta, capitoli 24
La Libia d'oro, a cura di Carlo Cordiè
Bianca Cappello
Racconti della Scapigliatura milanese
Don Garzia
Racconti della Scapigliatura milanese
Edmund Gosse
Edmund Gosse (1849-1928)

poet, librarian, literary critic, art historian, translator, literary historian

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Father and son
Critical kit-kats
Coventry Patmore
Henrik Ibsen
Gray
Life of William Congreve
Sir Thomas Browne
Father and son, a study of two temperaments
The naturalist of the sea-shore
Raleigh
Father and son
Robert Browning; personalia
Portraits from life
The life of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Henrik Ibsen / by Edmund Gosse, with essays on Ibsen by Edward Dowden and James Huneker
Thomas Hardy O.M
Thomas Hardy, O.M. and Sir Edmund Gosse, Litt.D
Father and son
Life of William Congreve
Biographical notes on the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson
The Life Of Swinburne
Tallemant des Réaux
The life of Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S
Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen
Memoir of Thomas Lodge
Henrik Ibsen
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
Portraits and sketches
Northern studies
Silhouettes
The Jacobean poets
Studies in the literature of Northern Europe
The life of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Seventeenth century studies
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
Books on the table
Gossip in a library
From Shakespeare to Pope
More books on the table
A short history of modern English literature
Aspects and impressions
Jeremy Taylor
Leaves and fruit
On viol and flute
French profiles
French profiles
English odes
Sir Henry Doulton: the man of business as a man of imagination
NORTHERN STUDIES
French profiles
Seventheenth-century studies
In russet & silver
The secret of Narcisse
The future of English poetry
Firdausi in exile, and other poems
King Erik
Malherbe and the classical reaction in the seventeenth century
Questions at issue
Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
A history of eighteenth century literature (1600-1780)
Inter arma
The life and letters of John Donne, dean of St. Paul's
The Life & Letters of John Donne
Robert Browning
On Viol and Flute
Hypolympia
The life of Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S
Ibsen
The unequal yoke (1886)
The Unfortunate Traveler Or, The Life Of John Wilton
The life of Philip Henry Gosse ..
The continuity of literature
America: the diary of a visit, winter 1884-1885
The continuity of literature, presidential addresses, 1922
Silhouettes
Two visits to Denmark 1872, 1874
Firdausi in exile
Life and writings of William Congreve
The library of Edmund Gosse
Modern English literature
New poems
Two visits to Denmark
Selected essays
Some diversions of a man of letters
The collected poems of Edmund Gosse
The life and letters of John Donne, dean of St. Paul's
Sir Walter Raleigh
Critical kit-kats
From Shakespeare to Pope an Inquiry into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England
The Life And Letters Of John Donne, Dean Of St. Paul's V2
The Collected Essays Of Edmund Gosse - Portraits And Sketches
Robert Browning; personalia / by Edmund Gosse
English Literature An Illustrated record in Eight Volumes Volume IV-Part 1 From the age of ..
The autumn garden
Collected poems
Seventeenth Century Studies - Collected Essays of Edmund Gosse
The Life And Letters Of John Donne, Dean Of St. Paul's V1
The Milton manuscripts at Trinity
Portraits and Sketches
Seventeenth Century Studies: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the ..
Firdausi in exile and other poems
Memoir of Thomas Lodge
Notes (no.13 of a series) by Mr. Edmund Gosse on the pictures and drawings of Mr. Alfred W. Hunt
Swinburne
Browning's centenary, Tuesday, May 7th, 1912
Two visits to Denmark
French Profiles
Three French moralists and the gallantry of France
Littérature anglaise
British portrait painters and engravers of the eighteenth century
Three French moralists
Thomas Hardy
Cecil Lawson
Ibsen
Thomas Gray
The rose of Omar
Robert Browning: personalia
French profiles
The unknown lover
Jeremy Taylor / by Edmund Gosse
Restoration plays
From Shakespeare to Pope
Modern English Literature (Appleton Dollar Library)
The Milton manuscripts at Trinity
A Norwegian ghost story
From Shakespeare To Pope; An Inquiry Into The Causes And Phenomena Of The Rise Of Classical Poetry In England
Synnove Solbakken
Modern English Literature: A Short History
Correspondence with Scandinavian writers
Conventry Patmore
Leaves and fruit
Transatlantic dialogue
Restoration plays
A catalogue of a portion of the library of Edmund Gosse
Critical kit-kats. --
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780). -
Inter arma: being essays written in time of war
A critical essay on the life and works of George Tinworth
English literature
Wo di hai
Gray
History Of Eighteenth Century Literature, 1660-1780, A (BCL1-PR English Literature)
Sir Thomas Browne
Jeremy Taylor
Undine
Restoration plays
Father and son
In russet & silver
Two pioneers of romanticism
A critical essay on the life and works of George Tinworth
Gray (English Men of Letters)
Life of William Congreve
Raleigh
English literature
Firdawsī dar tabʻīd
The Oxford book of Scandinavian verse
A short history of modern English literature
English literature
Sir Edmund Gosse
English odes
The naturalist of the sea-shore
A visit to the friends of Ibsen
The life and letters of John Donne
A catalogue of the works of Algernon Charles Swinburne in the library of Mr. Edmund Gosse
Modern English literature
Collected essays
Gossip in a library
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
Alexander Pope; Samuel Johnson; Gray
Critical kit-kats
Wolcott Balestier
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
Father and son
Studies in the literature of northern Europe
Coventry Patmore
Restoration plays from Dryden to Farquhar
A History of Eighteenth Century Literature Sixteen Sixty to Seventeen Eighty
The collected poems of Edmund Gosse
In russet & silver
Yingguo wen xue
Father and son
An address to the Fountain club, 1923
Malherbe and the classical reaction in the seventeenth century
Sir Edmund Gosse's correspondence with Scandinavian writers
Swinburne
Restoration plays
Northern studies
The Allies' fairy book
Henry Fielding
Robert Browning
Life of William Congreve (Bcli-Pr English Literature Series)
The influence of democracy on literature
Essays From The Chap-Book
Seventeenth century studies
Aspects & Impressions (George Eliot, Henry James, Samuel Butler, Congreve, Swinburne, Rousseau, Ibsen)
Gossip in a library
Restoration plays
The Mermaid club
Jubilé de Paul Bourget
The Jacobean poets
Restoration plays for Dryden to Farquhar
Silhouettes
Jiří Mahen
Jiří Mahen (1882-1939)

dramaturge, librarian, playwright, journalist, poet, theatre critic, opinion journalist

  • Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

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Hercegovina
Kniha o českém charakteru
Knizka o českém charakteru
Rybářská knížka
Pryč s divadelní idylou
Nutnosti a možnosti věrejných knihoven
Jánošík
Modří ptáci hor
Před oponou
Balady
Plamínky
Nebe, peklo, ráj--
Nejlepší dobrodružství
Tiché srdce
Dívka a vosa
Divoké hnízdo
Dvanáct zbojníčků a vrána
Janošík
Pryč s divadelní idylou
Měsíc
Dvanáct pohádek
Režisérův zápisník
Za oponou umění a života
Básně
Démoni
Člověk ve všech situacích
Mezi dvěma bouřkami
Josef se vrátil
Drobná próza
Máchova poesie
Klíč
Lyrika
Ulička Odvahy
Kout veselí a rozmaru
Povídky a Kresby
Mrtvé moře
Měsíc
O maminku
Pocta a výzva
Christian August Vulpius
Christian August Vulpius (1762-1827)

librarian

  • University of Jena, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

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Galerij van vermaarde vrouwen
Pantheon
Umherschweifungen in den Labirinthen schwarmerischer und mystischer Frauen
Christian August Vulpius
Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuber Hauptmann
Rynalʹdo Rynaldinï
Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann
Handwörterbuch der Mythologie der deutschen, verwandten, benachbarten und nordischen Völker
Eine Korrespondanze zur Kulturgeschichte der Goethezeit
Lucindora die Zauberin
The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti, Volumes 1-2
Curiositäten Der Physisch-literarisch-artistisch-historischen Vor- Und Mitwelt
The history of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti. Translated from the German of Vulvius. By I. Hinckley, Esq. In three volumes. ... Volume 3 of 3
Elisinde
BONAPARTE V EGIPTIE
Gallerie der unterhaltendsten geister und zaubergeschichten
Bublina, die heldin Griechenlands
Rinalʹdo Rinalʹdinï, starshnyĭ provodyr rozbiĭnykiv
Abentheuer, Meinungen und Schwänke galanter Männer
Lionardo Monte Bello, oder, Der Carbonari-Bund
Saffar, K©œnig in Kambaja
Romantische Erzehlungen
Rinaldo Rinaldini
Glossarium für das achtzehnte Jahrhundert
The history of Rinaldo Rinaldini, captain of banditti
Aloisio und Dianora, oder, Der pilger und die nonne
Aechte und deutliche Beschreibung der Bastille von ihrem Ursprunge an bis zu ihrer Zerstöhrung
Erz©Þhlungen aus der Ritter- und Geister-Welt
Erlinde, die Ilm-nixe
Constant von Wurzbach
Constant von Wurzbach (1818-1893)

lexicographer, biographer, poet, military personnel, autobiographer, translator, bibliographer, opinion journalist, official, librarian

  • University of Graz, Lviv University

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Biographisches lexikon des kaiserthums Oesterreich
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, enthaltend die Lebensskizzen der denkwürdigen Personen, welche seit 1750 in den österreichischen Kronländern geboren wurden oder darin gelebt und gewirkt haben
Register zu den Nachträgen in Wurzbachs Biographischem Lexikon d. Kaiserthums Österreich
Die Sprichwörter der Polen historisch erläutert: Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss ..
Mozart-buch
Joseph Haydn und sein Bruder Michael
Mozart-buch
Die Sprichwörter der Polen historisch erläutert
Mozart-Buch
Historische wörter, sprichwörter und redensarten
Mozart-buch
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Enthaltend Die Lebensskizzen der Denkwürdigen Perosnen, Welche Seit 1750 in Den Österreichischen Kronländern Geboren Wurden Oder Darin Gelebt und Gewirkt Haben, Zehnter Theil
Historische Wörter, Sprichwörter und Redensarten in Erläuterungen
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Zweiundzwanzigster Theil
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vierunddreissigster Theil
Biographisches Lexikon Des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Vol. 32
Das Schillerbuch
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Sechsundfünfzigster Theil
Glimpf und Schimpf in Spruch und Wort. Sprach- und sittengeschichtliche ..
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Enthaltend Die Lebensskizzen der Denkwürdigen Perosnen, Welche Seit 1750 in Den Österreichischen Kronländern Geboren Wurden Oder Darin Gelebt und Gewirkt Haben, Zweiundzwanzigster Theil
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Enthaltend Lebensskizzen der Denkwürdigen Perosnen, Welche Seit 1750 in Den Österreichischen Kronländern Geboren Wurden Oder Darin Gelebt und Gewirkt Haben. Einundfünfzigster Theil
Bibliographisch-statistische Übersicht der Literatur des österreichischen Kaiserstaates. 1854-55
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Enthaltend Die Lebensskizzen der Denkwürdigen Personen, Welche Seit 1750 in Den Österreichischen Kronländern Geboren Wurden Oder Darin Gelebt und Gewirkt Haben, Volumes 58-59
Die Kirchen der Stadt Krakau
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Zwanzigster Theil
Biographisches Lexikon Des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Vol. 14
Rokitansky
Das Elisabethen-Buch
Bibliographisch-statistische Übersicht der Literatur des österreichischen Kaiserstaates. 1854-55 (1856)
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer