Property of a gentleman : the formation, organisation and dispersal of the private library 1620--1920 / edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris.
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| Language: | English |
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Delaware :
Oak Knoll Press,
1996.
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| Edition: | Originally published by St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, 1991; reprinted 1996 by Oak Knoll Press |
| Collection: | Later additions |
Content Notes and Catalogue Entries:
- Contains: The emergence of the book auctioneer as a professional/ Frank Herrman; The library as living room/Clive Wainwright; 'To Paul's churchyard to treat with a bookbinder'/Esther Potter; Gentlemen and their bookplates/Brian North Lee; Was Henry Yates Thompson a gentleman?/Christopher de Hamel; The ill-gotten library of 'Honest Tom' Martin/David Stoker; Reading as pastime: the place of light literature in some gentlemen's libraries of the 17th century/T.A. Birrell; William Herbert: his library and his friends/Robin Myers.
