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100 | 1 | _aPettegree, Andrew, | |
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_aThe library : _ba fragile history / _cAndrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen. |
250 | _aFirst US edition. | ||
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_aNew York, NY : _bBasic Books, _c[2021] |
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_aNew York, NY : _bBasic Books, _c[2021] |
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264 | 4 | _c©2021. | |
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_a518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm. |
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_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent. |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia. |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier. |
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500 | _aOriginally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 461-502) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aPart I: Inception and survival -- A confusion of scrolls -- Sanctuary -- Little monkeys and letters of gold -- Part 2: The crisis of print -- The infernal press -- Coming of age -- Reformations -- Part 3: The new collectors -- The professionals -- Idle books and riff raff -- Mission fields -- Part 4: Between public and private -- Grand designs -- Cardinal errors -- The antiquarians -- Part 5: Fictions -- Orderly minds -- Building empires -- Reading on the job -- Part 6: The war on books -- Surviving the Twentieth Century -- Wrestling with modernity -- Libraries, books and politics. | |
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_a"Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children's drawings- the history of the library is rich, varied and stuffed full of incident. In this, the first major history of its kind, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of fashions and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanours committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts." -- _cDescription provided by publisher. |
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_aLibraries _xHistory. |
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700 | 1 | _aWeduwen, Arthur der, | |
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