Property of a Gentleman: The Formation, Organisation and Dispersal of the Private Library, 1620-1920

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	1991
Contributors	Editor: Robin Myers Editor: Michael Harris
Language	English
Number of Pages	164 pp.
Publisher	St. Paul's Bibliographies
City	Winchester, England
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Region	Europe
Library Type	Private/Personal Library
Demographics	Men
Chronological Period	17th century 1800-1849 1850-1899 18th century 1900-1949 1950-1999
ISBN	9780906795996
Annotation	Essays exploring how British private collectors amassed, organized and displayed their libraries. Contents: The emergence of the book auctioneer as a professional / Frank Herrmann The library as living room / Clive Wainwright 'To Paul's Churchyard to treat with a bookbinder' / Esther Potter Gentlemen and their book-plates / Brian North Lee Was Henry Yates Thompson a gentleman? / Christopher de Hamel The ill-gotten library of 'Honest Tom' Martin / David Stoker Reading as pastime : the place of light literature in some gentlemen's libraries of the 17th century / T.A. Birrell William Herbert: his library and his friends / Robin Myers.