Book Collecting
Book Collecting

Author: Jean Peters

Publisher: New York : R. R. Bowker

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.

Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900
Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900

Author: Annika Bautz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-03

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0429952392

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This book presents the collectors’ roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled. Contributors explore the activities and networks shaping a range of continental and transcontinental European public and private collections during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras. They study the impact of class, geographical location and specific cultural contexts on the gathering and use of printed and handwritten texts and other printed artefacts. The volume explores the social dimension of book collecting, and considers how practices of collecting developed during these periods of profound cultural, social and political change.

Iphigenia, Phaedra and Athaliah
Iphigenia, Phaedra and Athaliah

Author: Jean Racine

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0140441220

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Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639–99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess’s absolute submission to her father’s will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to gain divine favour before going to war. Described by Voltaire as ‘the masterpiece of the human mind’, Phaedra shows a woman’s struggle to overcome her overwhelming passion for her stepson – an obsession that brings destruction to a noble family. And Athaliah portrays a ruthless pagan queen, who defies Jehovah in her desperate attempt to keep the throne of Jerusalem from its legitimate heir.

The Collected Connoisseur
The Collected Connoisseur

Author: Mark Valentine

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9781905784202

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Venturing from his fire-lit study in an English cathedral city, The Connoisseur encounters, among other phenomena, strange masquerades in country houses; a Scottish island whose Prince may not be named and a poignant relic from the Black Sea region, sought after by a ruthless order.