Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Legend of the Murderous Bookman of Barcelona 41
7. 2 Bibliophiles, Bibliographers, and Bookstore Browsers 91
8. 3 Lost Books and Textual Restitution 145
9. 4 Nuria Amat and the Persistence of Books 199
10. 5 Miquel Plana and the Book as a Work of Art 217
11. Colophon 233
12. Notes 237
13. Works Cited 267
14. Index 287