Care of Books - An Essay on Development of Libraries Their Fittings, From Earliest

Klappentext A wide-ranging history of libraries which will interest academic historians and others interested in book culture. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging and approachable illustrated history describes the buildings used to store books: churches! cloisters! and purpose-built libraries; the way collections were endowed! audited and protected; the development of library furniture! including lecterns! stalls! chaining systems and wall-cases; and the characteristics of monastic! collegiate! and private collections. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Ancient libraries; 2. Christian libraries connected with churches; 3. Monastic collections; 4. The fittings of monastic and collegiate libraries; 5. The stall-system in colleges, cathedrals and monasteries; 6. The lectern-system in Italy; 7. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the effects of the Reformation; 8. The wall-system in Europe and Britain in the early modern period; 9. Private libraries.

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• Authors: John Willis Clark, John Willis (Trinity College Clark, Clark John Willis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108005081
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00508-1
• No. of pages: 488
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Publishing industry and journalism, Publishing industry & book trade