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

Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900
ISBN-10
0429952392
ISBN-13
9780429952395
Category
History
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
2018-05-03
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
James Gregory, Annika Bautz

Description

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.

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