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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (Volume 1)
Edited By Elisabeth
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Description for The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (Volume 1)
Paperback. This volume is a detailed survey of libraries in Britain and Ireland before 1640. Editor(s): Leedham-Green, Elisabeth; Webber, Teresa. Series: The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland. Num Pages: 710 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; GBCR; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 950.
This volume is a survey of libraries in Britain and Ireland up to the Civil War. It traces the transition from collections of books without a fixed local habitation to the library, chiefly of printed books, much as we know it today. It examines changing patterns in the formation of book collections in the earlier medieval period, traces the combined impact of the activities of the mendicant orders and the scholarship of the universities in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and the adoption of the library room and the growth of private book collections in the fourteenth and fifteenth. The ... Read more
This volume is a survey of libraries in Britain and Ireland up to the Civil War. It traces the transition from collections of books without a fixed local habitation to the library, chiefly of printed books, much as we know it today. It examines changing patterns in the formation of book collections in the earlier medieval period, traces the combined impact of the activities of the mendicant orders and the scholarship of the universities in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and the adoption of the library room and the growth of private book collections in the fourteenth and fifteenth. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland
Number of Pages
710
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107650183
SKU
V9781107650183
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About Edited By Elisabeth
Elisabeth Leedham-Green is a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. Teresa Webber is University Lecturer in Palaeography and Codicology in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College.
Reviews for The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (Volume 1)
'… massive work of scholarship by a team of distinguished scholars and scholar-librarians … hugely impressive …' Library and Information History