Book Ownership in Stuart England

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Year of Publication
2021
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Number of Pages
327 pp.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
Oxford, England
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ISBN
9780198870128
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Contents: 

  • Introduction: Private libraries in Stuart England
  • Libraries for the studious, professional, and wealthy
  • Women and books in the seventeenth century
  • Books for the common man: book ownership outside academic, professional, and wealthy circles
  • Physical spaces and book formats
  • Books for use and books for show
  • Cultures of collecting
  • Appendix: A classified list of book owners, 1610-1715