The acquisition of books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700 /
Chetham's Library, Manchester, was founded in 1655 by the bequest of the Manchester merchant, Humphrey Chetham (1580-1653). Drawing on recent debates about the methods of book history, this book is a detailed study of the way in which an early modern provincial library was created, stocked with...
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Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. |
Series: | Library of the written word ;
16. Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 10. |
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