Property of a gentleman : the formation, organisation, and dispersal of the private library, 1620-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Myers, Robin (Book trade historian), Harris, Michael, 1938-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Winchester [England] : New Castle, DE : St. Paul Bibliographies ; Oak Knoll Press, 1996.
Series:	Publishing pathways.
Subjects:	Private libraries > Great Britain > History. Book collecting > Great Britain > History. Early printed books > Great Britain > Bibliography. Bibliothèques privées > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Bibliophilie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Livres anciens > Grande-Bretagne > Bibliographie. Book collecting. Early printed books. Private libraries. Biblothèques privées > Grande-Bretagne. Great Britain. Grande-Bretagne > Biblothèques privées. Bibliographies. History.

Table of Contents:

Emergence of the book auctioneer as a professional / Frank Herrmann
Library as living room / Clive Wainwright
"To Paul's churchyard to treat with a bookbinder" / Esther Potter
Gentlemen and their book-plates / Brian North Lee
Was Henry Yates Thompson a Gentleman? / Christopher de Hamel
Ill-gotten library of 'Honest Tom' Martin / David Stoker
Reading as pastime : the place of light literature in some gentlemen's libraries of the 17th century / Robin Myers
William Herbert : his library and his friends / Robin Myers. Robin Myers.