Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books
Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books

Author: Margaret Connolly

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1108652204

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This innovative study investigates the reception of medieval manuscripts over a long century, 1470–1585, spanning the reigns of Edward IV to Elizabeth I. Members of the Tudor gentry family who owned these manuscripts had properties in Willesden and professional affiliations in London. These men marked the leaves of their books with signs of use, allowing their engagement with the texts contained there to be reconstructed. Through detailed research, Margaret Connolly reveals the various uses of these old books: as a repository for family records; as a place to preserve other texts of a favourite or important nature; as a source of practical information for the household; and as a professional manual for the practising lawyer. Investigation of these family-owned books reveals an unexpectedly strong interest in works of the past, and the continuing intellectual and domestic importance of medieval manuscripts in an age of print.

Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts & Historical Documents Including Modern Art and Illustrated Books the Property of the Late Eric C. Gregory, Esq ; Early Science and Alchemy the Property of G. J. Leon., Esq. ; Nineeteenth-century First Editions and Colour Plate Books and the Folios of Shakespeare, the Property of F. McD. Hall Esq. and R. C. Halls, Esq., the Only Known Copy of Baron Corvo's Rule of the Order of Sanctissima Sophia, 1907 the Property of the Society of Jesus ; Important Literary Manuscripts Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, the Property of the Garrick Club, the Hon. Lionel Brett, Mrs C. More O'Ferrall, Major Reginald Harrison, Mrs Murray Sowerby and Other Owners ... and Original Manuscripts of Lamb's Essays of Elia from the Collection Formed in the Last Century by George Moffatt, of Goodrich Court, Ross (1806-1878) which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. on Monday the 26th October 1959 and the Following Day
Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts & Historical Documents Including Modern Art and Illustrated Books the Property of the Late Eric C. Gregory, Esq ; Early Science and Alchemy the Property of G. J. Leon., Esq. ; Nineeteenth-century First Editions and Colour Plate Books and the Folios of Shakespeare, the Property of F. McD. Hall Esq. and R. C. Halls, Esq., the Only Known Copy of Baron Corvo's Rule of the Order of Sanctissima Sophia, 1907 the Property of the Society of Jesus ; Important Literary Manuscripts Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, the Property of the Garrick Club, the Hon. Lionel Brett, Mrs C. More O'Ferrall, Major Reginald Harrison, Mrs Murray Sowerby and Other Owners ... and Original Manuscripts of Lamb's Essays of Elia from the Collection Formed in the Last Century by George Moffatt, of Goodrich Court, Ross (1806-1878) which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. on Monday the 26th October 1959 and the Following Day

Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

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Published: 1959

Total Pages: 108

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