Thomas Phillipps

Thomas Phillipps

Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (2 de julio de 1792 — 6 de febrero de 1872), coleccionista de libros y anticuario británico. Se hizo famoso por reunir la mayor colección de material manuscrito en el siglo XIX, debido a su severa condición de bibliómano. Acumuló cerca de 40.000 ejemplares de libros y 60.000 manuscritos que llenaron su mansión. Llegó al extremo de adquirir grandes lotes de papeles oficiales de una notaría pública que estaban a punto de desecharse.[1]

Hizo que su primera esposa e hijos le ayudaran a clasificar cada uno de los ejemplares, muchos de ellos adquiridos por kilo. "Quiero tener todos los libros del mundo", le escribió a un amigo. El único lugar que no estuvo ocupado fue un rincon donde su esposa guardaba sus vestidos. Esta manía lo llevó a perder su fortuna, y causó el desgaste físico y emocional de sus esposas durante los dos matrimonios que tuvo. Gran parte de su colección quedó sin clasificar, y tuvieron que pasar más de 50 años para que buena parte de ella terminara en distintas bibliotecas de Europa e Inglaterra.

Bibliografía

  • Nicholas A. Basbanes: A Gentle Madness, 1995
  • Alan Bell, "Phillipps, Sir Thomas, baronet (1792–1872)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 24 March 2007
  • A.N.L.Munby: Phillipps Studies, 5 vols. 1951-1960.
  • A BBC Radio 4 play, by Nick Warburton, on the removal of the Phillipps collection to Thirlestaine House was broadcast in August, 2010, [1]

Referencias

  1. ↑ N. A. Basbanes: A Gentle Madness, p. 120

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