Seymour De Ricci

English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts

(1530 1930) and Their Marks of Ownership

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1930 volume provides a historical study of English book and manuscript collectors from 1530 until the time of publication.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780521156462
• ISBN-10: 0521156467
• Artikelnr.: 29609682

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory
2. The sixteenth century
3. The seventeenth century
4. Harley and Sunderland
5. The reigns of George I and George II
6. The reign of George III
7. The Duke of Roxburghe and Lord Spencer
8. Beckford and his contemporaries 9. Heber, Miller, Grenville and Holford
10. Sir Thomas Phillipps
11. Lord Ashburnham and Libri
12. The 'fifties and 'sixties: Halliwell and Huth
13. Bernard Quaritch and his clients
14. The early twentieth century
15. The present generations
Index.