Title Reading matters : five centuries of discovering books / Margaret Willes

Published New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-282) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Book collectors -- Great Britain Book collecting -- England -- History Book collectors -- England -- Biography Private libraries -- England -- History Book collectors -- United States. Book collecting -- United States -- History HISTORY -- General. Book collecting Book collectors Private libraries England Great Britain United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300142365 0300142366

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