Reading matters : five centuries of discovering books
Title:
Reading matters : five centuries of discovering books
Author:
Willes, Margaret.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xvi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language:
English
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
ISBN:
9780300127294
Format :
Book
