Seventeenth-Century Libraries : : Problems and Perspectives.
Eight studies (plus a substantial introduction and afterword) present key topics for understanding the theory and practice of library formation in the seventeenth century, both in Britain and on the Continent.
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| Superior document: | Library of the Written Word Series ; v.114 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of the Written Word Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (341 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: The Problems and Perspectives of Seventeenth-Century Libraries
- Part 1 Theory
- Chapter 1 Après Naudé: Seventeenth-Century Notions of the Scholarly Library
- Chapter 2 Placing and Disposing: Subject Classification in English Institutional Libraries, c.1600-1670
- Part 2 Culture
- Chapter 3 Books, Booklists, and Materiality in the Early Modern Parisian Household: Evidence from the Minutier Central, 1580-1620
- Chapter 4 Priests' Libraries in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic
- Chapter 5 Networks of Influence: Donations to the Bodleian Library in the Early Seventeenth Century
- Part 3 Histories
- Chapter 6 Tracking a Burgundian Scattered Library: The Mourning Bindings of the Vireys of Chalon-sur-Saône
- Chapter 7 Small-Format Books and Portable Sets: The Context of the Travelling Library of Charles I
- Chapter 8 'All My Best Bookes': The Libraries of Dr Richard Busby and Dr John Pell
- Afterword: Mapping Seventeenth-Century Libraries, Digitally
- Bibliography
- Illustrations
- Index.