Chained Library - A Survey of Four Centuries in the Evolution of the English Library

Klappentext A fascinating illustrated study of the changing design and use of English libraries between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries. Zusammenfassung First published in 1931! Streeter's The Chained Library traces the history of library arrangement in England from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. With many illustrations from cathedral! college! and parish libraries! he shows how library design evolved during these centuries to meet the changing needs of readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Library evolution; 2. Hereford; 3. Nine Oxford libraries; 4. Five seventeenth-century libraries; 5. Grammar school and parish church libraries; 6. More about Hereford; Epilogue; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Burnett Hillman Streeter, Streeter Burnett Hillman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108027892
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02789-2
• No. of pages: 396
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; England, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Library & Information Sciences, C 1700 To C 1800, Library and information sciences / Museology