TY - SER
AU - Germaine Warkentin
AU - Joseph L. Black
AU - William R. Bowen
AB - <p>Catalog of the library of a prominent family in Kent, England. Comprised of nearly 5000 entries, the catalogue is presented with an introduction describing the Sidneys' intellectual world and life, their reading and collecting, the women collectors of the family, and the dispersal of the library in 1743.</p>
CY - Toronto, Canada
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Introduction. The Sidneys of Penshurst </li><li>The Penshurst Library Catalogue </li><li>The Life of the Mind in Arcadia </li><li>The Making of the Catalogue </li><li>Readers and Collectors, 1540-1626. Sir Henry Sidney; Sir Philip Sidney; Robert Sidney, first earl of Leicester </li><li>Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester. 'Lord Lisleys Study' </li><li>The Library at Penshurst after 1665 </li><li>Readers and Collectors: The Later Sidneys, 1677-1743 </li><li>The Sale of the Penshurst Library </li><li>Penshurst after the seventh earl </li><li>Textual Introduction </li><li>The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place circa 1665 </li><li>Appendix of Associated Books</li></ul>
N2 - <p>Catalog of the library of a prominent family in Kent, England. Comprised of nearly 5000 entries, the catalogue is presented with an introduction describing the Sidneys' intellectual world and life, their reading and collecting, the women collectors of the family, and the dispersal of the library in 1743.</p>
PB - University of Toronto Press
PP - Toronto, Canada
PY - 2015
SN - 9780802042934
EP - 420 pp.
TI - The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place circa 1665
ER -