Lyell Lectures in Bibliography – serie
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Dublin's Trade in Books 1550-1800
Lyell Lectures 1986-7
Av M. Pollard
Inbunden, 1990
3130 kr
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The Irish book trade has hitherto been viewed as a footnote to the English trade. This is the first book-length study of Irish bookselling practices, particularly those of Dublin, in their own right. The study draws on a wealth of material - daybooks, imprints, advertisements, and the books …
In Praise of Scribes
Manuscripts and their Makers in Seventeenth-Century England
Av Peter Beal
Inbunden, 1998
7410 kr
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In Praise of Scribes is a major contribution to the field of manuscript studies in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This profusely illustrated book argues for the significant role played by clerks and scriveners both in contemporary society and in the transmissional history of literary …
Designing the Life of Johnson
The Lyell Lectures, 2001-2
Inbunden, 2002
2437 kr
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For over two centuries Boswell's massive biography of Samuel Johnson has been both reverenced and reviled. Yet neither its admirers nor its critics have fully understood how the book was designed to work upon them. Boswell himself is partly to blame: throughout the Life he directs attention away …
Book Ownership in Stuart England
Inbunden, 2021
1648 kr
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This volume provides a wide-ranging account of the development and importance of private libraries and book ownership through the seventeenth century, based upon many kinds of evidence, including examination of thousands of books, and a list of over 1,300 known owners from diverse backgrounds. It …
Designing the Life of Johnson
The Lyell Lectures in Bibliography, 2001-2
Häftad, 2005
308 kr
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For over two centuries Boswell's massive biography of Samuel Johnson has been both reverenced and reviled. Yet neither its admirers nor its critics have fully understood how the book was designed to work upon them. Boswell himself is partly to blame: throughout the Life he directs attention away …
