The invention of rare books : private interest and public memory, 1600-1840 / David McKitterick
2018, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #472262
ISBN: 1108428320
Physical description; xii, 450 pages. Edition; First edition. Series; Cambridge books online. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Machine generated contents note: 1. Inventio; 2. Books as objects; 3. Survival and selection; 4. Choosing books in Baroque Europe; 5. External appearances (1); 6. External appearances (2); 7. Printers and readers; 8. A seventeenth-century revolution; 9. Concepts of rarity; 10. Developing measures of rarity; 11. Judging appearances by modern standards; 12. The Harleian sales; 13. Authority and rarity; 14. Rarity established; 15. The French bibliographical revolution; 16. Books in turmoil; 17. Bibliophile traditions; 18. Fresh foundations; 19. Public faces, public responsibilities; 20. Conclusion. Subjects; Rare books Europe History. Book collecting Europe History. Book collectors Europe History. Libraries Europe History. Book industries and trade Europe History 17th-19th centuries. McKitterick, David.
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