Libraries within the Library: The Origins of the British Library's Printed Collections - Hardcover

 
9780712350358: Libraries within the Library: The Origins of the British Library's Printed Collections
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0712350357 ISBN 13: 9780712350358
Verlag: The British Library Publishing Division, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Giles Mandelbrote is curator of British Collections, 1501–1800 at the British Library and joint editor of The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland, Volume II: 1640–1850. Barry Taylor is curator of Hispanic Printed Collections, 1501–1850 at the British Library and editor of the Electronic British Library Journal.

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Verlag
The British Library Publishing Division
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712350357
ISBN 13 
9780712350358
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
352
Herausgeber
Mandelbrote Giles, Taylor Barry
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