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 - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9781108005081 - July 20, 2009
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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

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.

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Released July 20, 2009
ISBN13 9781108005081
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 488
Dimensions 170 × 244 × 25 mm   ·   771 g

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