The Book Collector VOLUME 40 NO 4 WINTER 1991
EDITORIAL BOARD
NICOLAS BARKER (editor) ALAN BELL JOHN COMMANDER JAMES FERGUSSON THEODORE HOFMANN DAVID MCKITTERICK
CONTENTS NEW FOUNDATIONS FOR OLD QUESTIONS
THE SYNKESSAR MINIATURE FORGER AND COLLEAGUES
By Bent Juel-ensen CHARLES ESTIENNE'S L'agriculture et inaison rustique I565
By Nicholas Hadgraft DAME HILDELITH A Memoir
By John Dreyfus THE DAVID HUME BOOKPLATE: A CAUTIONARY NOTE
By Brian Hillyard and David F. Norton ENGLISH AND FOREIGN BOOKBINDINGS 57
By David Pearson NEWS AND COMMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND QUERIES
BOOK REVIEWS by Neal Street, Emma Barker,
Cecil H. Clough NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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