Libraries within the Library: the origins of the British Library's printed collections. Edited by Giles Mandelbrote and Barry Taylor.

Mandelbrote (Giles)

Published by 4to, xii, 448 pages, The British Library, London, 2009.

About this Item

Illustrations within the text. Blue cloth with gilt spine titling, decorative endpapers. A fine copy with like dust-jacket. Inter alia: Printed material and the Cotton manuscripts, Julian Harrison; Sir Hans Sloane's printed books in the British Library: their identification and associations, Alison Walker; Sloane's purchases at the sale of Robert Hooke's library, Giles Mandelbrote; Sloane and the preservation of printed Ephemera, Giles Mandelbrote; The early decades. George Thomason's intentions, Michael Mendle; Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, Paul Quarrie; Sir William Musgrave (1735-1800) and the British Museum Library, C.J. Wright; The scholarly library and collections of knowledge of Sir Joseph Banks, Rudiger Joppien and Neil Chambers; The BM duplicate sales 1769-1832 and their significance for the early collections,T.A. Birrell; The King's Library. The Bibliotheca Smithiana, Lotte Hellinga; Moving the King's Library: argument and sentiment 1823-1998, John Goldfinch ;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Libraries within the Library: the origins of the British Library's printed collections. Edited by Giles Mandelbrote and Barry Taylor.
• Publisher: 4to, xii, 448 pages, The British Library, London, 2009.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 1.75 kilograms
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