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Originally Posted by Wayne  To underscore Richard's comment, I understand that Jonathan Edwards had at best some 300 books in his library. Likewise for others in the 16th-18th centuries. But these were generally choice, well-selected works, and their owners knew them well, reading many of them multiple times. |
The other side of that coin, Wayne, as you know is Spurgeon, who's personal library totaled some 25,000 volumes, only about half of which were biblical or theological in nature.
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On the subject of personal libraries generally, the film comic W. C. Fields (1880-1946) was said to have owned one of the largest personal libraries in the Los Angeles area. Evidently, he made up for having been poorly educated while growing up in Philadelphia.