a real bibliophile

I don't often write here about book collecting, but here is notice of the passing of a real bibliophile. The catalogue of the auction of Helmut Friedlaender's collection was a wonder to me when it was published in 2001, and a few months later I met the man, briefly. Earlier this year, the world of books lost Pierre Beres, dealer and collector. There are few giants like these left, and it seems unlikely that the world we live in could ever produce such again.