INVENTION OF RARE BOOKS by David McKitterick ( 9781108428323 )

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INVENTION OF RARE BOOKS
PRIVATE INTEREST AND PUBLIC MEMORY, 1600-1840

By:

David McKitterick

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Hardback

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1108428320

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9781108428323

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

30 June, 2018

Description:

Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

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22 b/w illus.

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