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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 213
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 213.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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Thomas Baker (1656-1740) - Sir James Balfour (1600-1657) and Sir Andrew Balfour (1630-1694) - William Beckford (1760-1844) - Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613) - The Bridgewater Library - John Cosin (1595-1672) - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571-1631) - Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) - John Dee (1527-1608?) - William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649) - David Garrick (1717-1779) - George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1738-1820) - Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford (1661-1724) and Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford (1689-1741) - Gabriel Harvey (1550?-1631) -Thomas Hearne (1678?-1735) - Thomas Howard, second Earl of Arundel (1585-1646) - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1391-1447) - Thomas James (1572?-1629) - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) - John Ker, third Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804) - William Laud (1573-1645) - George Lawson (1598-1678) - John Locke (1632-1704) - Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713) -Thomas Martin (1696-1771) - Matthew Parker (1504-1575) - Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) - Thomas Plume (1630 -1704) - Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725) and Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755) - John Selden (1584-1654) - Sotheby Family: James Sotheby (1682-1742), John Sotheby (1740-1870, William Sotheby (1757-1833), Samuel Sotheby (1771-1842), and Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805-1861) - Charles Spencer, third Earl of Sunderland (1674-1722) - David Steuart (1747-1824) -Thomas Tanner (1673 or 1674-1735) -George Thomason (1602?-1666) - Sir Roger Twysden (1597-1672) -James Ussher (1581-1656) -Robert Vaughan (1592?-1667) - Horace Walpole (1717-1797) - Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -Humphrey Wanley (1672-1726) - Anthony a' Wood (1632-1695) - Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). |
| Summary |
Essays on British book collectors and bibliographers from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries. This period marked the growth of humanism and coincides with the early Renaissance, before the widespread establishment of print culture. Focuses on the historical evolution of a specific library, as well as a collecting family. Discusses the nature and variety of collecting as a cultural activity. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Original Version |
Original: 487 p. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
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Bibliographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Bibliographers. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Bibliographical literature -- Great Britain.
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Bibliographical literature. |
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Book collecting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Book collecting. |
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History. |
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Book collectors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Book collectors. |
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Baker, William, 1944-
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Womack, Kenneth.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
0787631078 |
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9780787631079 |
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