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The Invention of Rare Books: Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600-1840
The Invention of Rare Books Private Interest and Public Memory 16001840
Author: David McKitterick
When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how collectors, the book trade and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781108428323
ISBN-10: 1108428320
Publication Date: 8/16/2018
Pages: 460
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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