Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Purcell, Mark
Titre(s) : The country house library [Texte imprimé] / Mark Purcell
Édition : Paperback ed. : 2019
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) ; London : Yale University Press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (352 p.) : ill. ; 27 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 323-339. Index
Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding
with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents
a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with engaging
anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features fascinating information on
acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of designing library architecture,
and the care (and neglect) of collections. The author also disputes the notion that
these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly,
assembled with meticulous care, and frequently used for intellectual pursuits. For
those who love books and the libraries in which they are collected and stored, The
Country House Library is an essential volume to own
Sujet(s) : Bibliothèques de châteaux -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Bibliothèques de châteaux -- Conception et construction -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Classes dirigeantes -- Livres et lecture -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300227406. - ISBN 030022740X. - ISBN 9780300248685. - ISBN 0300248687 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45802098k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45802098
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: On the Country House Library ; 'Reciting my poems even in Britain':
From Roman Britain to Magna Carta ; 'A study caullid paradise': The antecedents of
the Country House Library, from the Thirteenth century to the Early Tudor period
; 'This scribbling age': The Country House Library from the Reformation to the Civil
War ; 'Your own admirable library': Book collecting and the Country House from Elizabeth
I to the Eighteenth century ; 'A great number of usefull books': Ordinary books and
ordinary libraries from the Late Seventeenth to the Early Nineteenth centuries ;
'A spacious room': Library architecture and fittings from the Restoration to Queen
Victoria ; 'Bibliomania': The book craze of the late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth
centuries, and its afterlife ; The Country House librarian ; 'A very pretty and
comfortable room': The Library and Country House Life in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
centuries ; Town and country: The relationship between libraries in Country Houses,
Town Houses and Suburban Villas ; Reading and borrowing: Using the library ; The
Nouveaux riches: New money and new libraries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries
; 'Ravaged by body-snatchers': The dispersal of the Country House Library, from the
late Nineteenth centuries ; The body in the library: Libraries and the politics of
heritage in the Twentieth century.
