5_ Are Women the Enemies of Books?

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What was the title of the book in which William Blades enumerated the dangers that might befall rare books?

  • The Love of Books
  • The Enemies of Books (correct)
  • The History of Women Bibliophiles
  • The Philobiblon

Who was the first book collector to record the opinion that women were a danger to the survival of their collections?

  • Anne Lyon Haight
  • Philobiblon
  • William Blades
  • Richard de Bury (correct)

What was the number of enemies enumerated by William Blades in his revised and enlarged edition of 1888?

  • 7
  • 10 (correct)
  • 12
  • 5

In what year did Anne Lyon Haight ask the question 'Are Women the Natural Enemies of Books'?

<p>1937 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Richard de Bury describe women as in his treatise on the love of books?

<p>'that biped beast … always jealous of the love of us' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What dangers did William Blades enumerate as potential threats to rare books?

<p>'fire, water, gas &amp; heat, dust &amp; neglect, ignorance &amp; bigotry, the bookworm, other vermin, bookbinders, collectors, and servants &amp; children' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the prevailing opinion of women as book collectors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

<p>They were considered enemies of books and incapable of understanding men's bibliomania. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why were earlier women bibliophiles usually from the noble classes?

<p>Because book collecting required wealth and education which were more accessible to the noble classes. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How were French women collectors during the 16th through 18th centuries often perceived?

<p>As fashionable and insincere book collectors. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Dr. Rosenbach's view of women collectors in the chapter 'Mighty Women Book Hunters' in A Book Hunter’s Holiday (1936)?

<p>He urged them to leave the triumphs of book collecting to men. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Mary Hyde Eccles assert about women and book collecting in 1990?

<p>She expressed that book collecting can have as much appeal for women as for men. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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