Dispersed along the shelves of the British Library today are many volumes that once stood side by side in private libraries. The contributors to "Libraries within the Library" present a collection of essays that explore some of the most important printed collections which were brought together to form the British Museum Library in 1753, casting new light on the individuals whose personal interests and taste they reflect. This book is divided into Introduction, The Foundation Collections, The Early Decades, The King's Library, Later Collections of Books within the British Museum library, Appendices.
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Dispersed along the shelves of the British Library today are many volumes that once stood side by side in private libraries. The contributors to "Libraries within the Library" present a collection of essays that explore some of the most important printed collections which were brought together to form the British Museum Library in 1753, casting new light on the individuals whose personal interests and taste they reflect. This book is divided into Introduction, The Foundation Collections, The Early Decades, The King's Library, Later Collections of Books within the British Museum library, Appendices.
'Like [George] Thomason s collection, this book is also a browser s delight , but it is also revealing of a new approach to librarianship and a fresh way of looking at books in a post-Google world.' --Timothy Mason, Museums Journal
an excellent collaborative volume. --Anthony Hobson, TLS
This is a substantial work, admirably planned and executed, valuable for the history of the British Library, of private collectors, and of collecting and scholarship... --Karen Attar, The Library
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine, minimal shelf wear. Blue binding with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endsheets. xii, 448 pp. Illustrations and facsimiles in B&W. "Dispersed along the shelves of the British Library today are many volumes that once stood side by side in private libraries. These essays explore some of the most important printed collections which were brought together to form the British Museum Library and cast new light on the individuals whose personal interests and taste they reflect.--Dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 178416
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