Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2008
Author
Author: Margaret Willes
Language
English
Number of Pages
295 pp.
Publisher
Yale University Press
City
New Haven, CT
Region
Europe
United States
Library Type
Private/Personal Library
Demographics
Children
Women
Workers/Working class
Chronological Period
16th century
17th century
1800-1849
18th century
ISBN
9780300164046
Annotation
  • Books do furnish a room : the books of Bess of Hardwick and the Cavendish Family
  • Enjoyment of all that's worth seeking after : the books of Samuel Pepys
  • Distance learning : three provincial libraries
  • A founding father : the books of Thomas Jefferson
  • Building a library : the books of Sir John Soane
  • A little light reading? : fact and fiction in Georgian Britain
  • Rare and curious : the books of Charles Winn
  • The common reader : books for working men and women
  • Children of the Revolution : the books of Denis and Edna Healey
  • Appendix: Equivalent values of the pound
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