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Pre-nineteenth-century British book collectors and bibliographers
- Title
- Pre-nineteenth-century British book collectors and bibliographers / edited by William Baker and Kenneth Womack.
- Publication
- Detroit : Gale Group, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN451 .D53 v.213 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 487 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- Essays on British book collectors and bibliographers from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries. This period marked the growth of humanism and coincides with the early Renaissance, before the widespread establishment of print culture. Focuseson the historical evolution of a specific library, as well as a collecting family. Discusses the nature and variety of collecting as a cultural activity.
- Series Statement
- Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 213
- Uniform Title
- Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 213.
- Subject
- Bibliographers > Great Britain > Biography > Dictionaries
- Book collectors > Great Britain > Biography > Dictionaries
- Bibliographical literature > Great Britain > Bibliography
- Book collecting > Great Britain > History > Bibliography
- Bibliographers
- Bibliographical literature
- Book collecting
- Book collectors
- Bibliophiler
- Bibliophilie
- Bibliograf
- Bibliografie
- Boekverzamelaars
- Bibliografen
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Reference works
- Bibliographies
- Dictionaries
- History
- Verzeichnis Anfänge-1800
- Reference works.
- Ouvrages de référence.
- Note
- "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Thomas Baker -- Sir James Balfour -- Sir Andrew Balfour -- William Beckford -- Sir Thomas Bodley -- The Bridgewater Library -- John Cosin -- Sir Robert Bruce Cotton -- Thomas Cranmer -- John Dee -- William Drummond pf Hawthornden -- David Garrick -- George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland -- Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford -- Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford -- Gabriel Harvey -- Thomas Hearne -- Thomas Howard, second Earl of Arundel -- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester -- Thomas James -- Samuel Johnson -- John Ker, third Duke of Roxburghe -- William Laud -- George Lawson -- John Locke -- Narcissus Marsh -- Thomas Martin -- Matthew Parker -- Samuel Pepys -- Thomas Plume -- Alexander Pope -- Thomas Rawlinson -- Richard Rawlinson -- John Selden -- Sotheby Family: James Sotheby, John Sotheby, William Sotheby, Samuel Sotheby, Samuel Leigh Sotheby -- Charles Spenser, third Earl of Sunderland -- David Steuart -- Thomas Tanner -- George Thomason -- Sir Roger Twysden -- James Ussher -- Robert Vaughan -- Horace Walpole -- Izaak Walton -- Humphrey Wanley -- Anthony à Wood -- Sir Christopher Wren.
- ISBN
- 0787631078
- 9780787631079
- 078763106X
- 9780787631062
- LCCN
- 99016782
- sw211093
- OCLC
- ocm41580401
- 41580401
- SCSB-862197
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library