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The Care of Books: An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century - Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries John Willis Clark
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The Care of Books: An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century - Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
John Willis Clark
This wide-ranging and approachable illustrated history describes the buildings used to store books: churches, cloisters, and purpose-built libraries; the way collections were endowed, audited and protected; the development of library furniture, including lecterns, stalls, chaining systems and wall-cases; and the characteristics of monastic, collegiate, and private collections.
488 pages, 164 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 20, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108005081 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 488 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 244 × 25 mm · 771 g |
| Language | English |
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