Book Ownership in Stuart England

by David Pearson and David Pearson

This volume provides a wide-ranging account of the development and importance of private libraries and book ownership through the seventeenth century, based upon many kinds of evidence, including examination of thousands of books, and a list of over 1,300 known owners from diverse backgrounds. It considers questions of evolution, contents and size, and motives for book ownership, during a century when growing markets for both new and second-hand books...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198870124
• ISBN13: 9780198870128
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"