Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xix
6. Introduction: The New Bibliopolis 1
7. 1. Books Worthy of Our Era? Octave Uzanne, Technology, and the Luxury Book 21
8. 2. Ancients against Moderns: Bibliophilia at the Fin de Siècle 61
9. 3. Everything to the Moderns: Independent and Contemporary Bibliophiles 89
10. 4. Artist and Amateur in the Creation of Fin-de-Siècle Illustrated Books 116
11. 5 Unpacking His Library: Robert de Montesquiou and the Aesthetics of the Book 141
12. 6. The Enemies of Books? Women and the Bibliophilic Imagination 165
13. 7. Conclusion: The End of Books? 200
14. Notes 219
15. Select Bibliography 267
16. Illustration Credits 289
17. Index 291
18. Backmatter 313