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An actor's library : David Garrick, book collecting and literary friendships
- Title
- An actor's library : David Garrick, book collecting and literary friendships / Nicholas D. Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Nicholas D., 1975-
- Publication
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
- Description
- xx, 345 pages; 27 cm
- Subject
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779 > Library
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779 > Books and reading
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779 > Friends and associates
- Private libraries > England > History > 18th century
- Book collecting > Europe > History > 18th century
- English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > Bibliography
- English drama > 17th century > Bibliography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-329) and index.
- Contents
- Book collecting, bibliomania and the eighteenth-century -- Building a library -- Garrick, book culture and The Club -- Collecting Shakespeare and other English dramatists -- Book-buying in France and Italy -- Dispersal -- Appendix A. Locations of Garrick's books -- Appendix B. Books to which Garrick subscribed -- Appendix C. Books addressed/dedicated to Garrick -- Appendix D. Lots purchased by Thomas Thorpe at the 1823 sale -- Appendix E. Garrick books formerly belonging to George Frederick Beltz -- Appendix F. Carrington Garrick's books.
- Call Number
- JFF 18-244
- ISBN
- 9781584563624
- 1584563621
- LCCN
- 2017010530
- OCLC
- 991585072
- Author
- Smith, Nicholas D., 1975- author.
- Title
- An actor's library : David Garrick, book collecting and literary friendships / Nicholas D. Smith.
- Publisher
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-329) and index.
- Added Author
- Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 18-244