The Bibliographical and Retrospective Miscellany by E. R. Poole
The Bibliographical and Retrospective Miscellany by E. R. Poole

Author: Edward Richard Poole

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780371963661

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The Invention of Rare Books
The Invention of Rare Books

Author: David McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-07-12

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1108428320

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Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Using examples from across Europe, David McKitterick looks at how rare books developed from being desirable objects of largely private interest to become public and even national concerns.