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661,95 kr. First published posthumously, Annals of a Publishing House contains the early history of the influential Scottish publishing house, William Blackwood and Sons, by one of its most successful authors, Mrs Oliphant. Volume 1 covers the early history of the firm, the Edinburgh Magazine, its writers and rivals.
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- 661,95 kr.
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- With Notices of its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870
528,95 - 582,95 kr. Written in 1870, this two-volume work covers the period 1570-1870. Volume 1 considers the gatherers of the 'foundation collections', including Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), whose bequest of his collections to George II led directly to the foundation of the Museum, and the administrators and early donors.
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- 528,95 kr.
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- Including a Handbook of Library Economy
697,95 - 979,95 kr. This monumental 1859 book describes the evolution of libraries in Britain, Europe and America from antiquity to the mid-nineteenth century. It examines numerous ecclesiastical, university and civic libraries, and concludes with the author's views on all aspects of library management, focusing particularly on the municipal libraries he fervently promoted.
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- 697,95 kr.
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- By the Author of Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons, etc.
523,95 kr. James Grant was an influential early Victorian journalist and newspaper editor. He published two books about London in 1838, and this two-volume work from 1839 was intended as a sequel. It reflects upon places, events, and people, mixing general observations and intricate detail. Volume 1 focuses on central London.
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- 523,95 kr.
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- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys
345,95 kr. This is the second of four volumes that resulted from an uncompleted project to catalogue Samuel Pepys's library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. It includes an introduction to the library and its history, and a descriptive catalogue of early printed books, including liturgical books and works by Malory and More.
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- 345,95 kr.
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- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys
345,95 kr. This is the first of four volumes that resulted from an uncompleted project to catalogue Samuel Pepys's library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. It describes manuscripts relating to maritime and naval matters. Pepys had planned to write a history of the navy, and assembled most of this material for that purpose.
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- 345,95 kr.
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- Or, The History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland
908,95 - 945,95 kr. This four-volume work on the early history of printing, published between 1810 and 1819, was enlarged by Thomas Frognall Dibdin from the previous works of Joseph Ames and William Herbert. The lives of Ames and Herbert are followed by discussions of printers from Caxton to Thomas Hacket in the late 1500s.
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- 908,95 kr.
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- Or, An Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures, at Althorp, the Residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G., to which is Added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana
663,95 kr. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) was employed as librarian for life by the bibliophile aristocrat George Spencer (1758-1834), who amassed at Althorp the greatest private library in Europe. Published in 1822, these two volumes include additions to Bibliotheca Spenceriana (also reissued in this series) and detailed descriptions of the interiors of Althorp.
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- 663,95 kr.
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- With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings
605,95 - 689,95 kr. The publication of this influential biography in 1863 challenged contemporary opinions of William Blake and revealed his talents as an artist and writer. Volume 1 is an account of Blake's life, combining excerpts from his written works and paintings with detailed biographical information drawn from surviving letters and contemporary accounts.
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- 605,95 kr.
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- A Survey of Four Centuries in the Evolution of the English Library
562,95 kr. First published in 1931, Streeter's The Chained Library traces the history of library arrangement in England from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. With many illustrations from cathedral, college, and parish libraries, he shows how library design evolved during these centuries to meet the changing needs of readers.
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- 562,95 kr.
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- Or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography
689,95 - 811,95 kr. First published in 1817, this three-volume work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) is an enthusiastic and well-illustrated exploration of bibliographical history from illuminated manuscripts to contemporary book auctions. Volume 1 presents a detailed survey of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books, with many illustrations throughout.
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- 689,95 kr.
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348,95 kr. Cambridge University Library houses an internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856 and 1867, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition and age of the manuscripts. Volume 6 contains the index to the complete work.
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- 348,95 kr.
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739,95 kr. Cambridge University Library houses an internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856-67, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition and age of the manuscripts. Volume 5 contains catalogues of the Baumgartner and Baker manuscripts.
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- 739,95 kr.
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663,95 kr. Cambridge University Library houses a vast and internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856-67, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition, age and provenance of the manuscripts. Volume 4 describes classmarks Ll.1-Oo.7.
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- 663,95 kr.
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871,95 kr. Cambridge University Library houses a vast and internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856-67, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition, age and provenance of the manuscripts. Volume 3 describes classmarks Gg.1-Kk.4.
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- 871,95 kr.
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663,95 kr. Cambridge University Library houses a vast and internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856-67, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition, age and provenance of the manuscripts. Volume 2 describes classmarks Ee.1-Ff.4.
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- 663,95 kr.
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663,95 kr. Cambridge University Library houses a vast and internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856-67, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition, age and provenance of the manuscripts. Volume 1 describes classmarks Dd.1-Dd.15.
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- 663,95 kr.
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- An Account of its Origin, Authorship and Production
355,95 kr. First published in 1907, this book sets out the original aims of the Cambridge Modern History alongside examples of its execution in ten extracts. Together, these outline some of the key Victorian ideas of how history should be written, including Lord Acton's insistence on the then new concept of impartiality.
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343,95 kr. Originally published in 1908, this study documents the history of the library at Westminster Abbey from 1060 to 1660. The original library was dispersed during the Reformation, and its successor destroyed by a fire in 1694, but the distinguished authors' research on the surviving sources reconstructs a surprisingly detailed account.
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- 343,95 kr.
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- Comprising the Books Formerly Belonging to the Wisbech Literary Society, and those of the Townshend Bequest
424,95 kr. This 1882 catalogue lists two important collections that provide fascinating insights into nineteenth-century reading habits. The Townshend library was bequeathed in 1868 by the famous occultist and friend of Charles Dickens, while the Wisbech Literary Society (founded in this prosperous port in 1781) contributed works on history, biography and travel.
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- 424,95 kr.
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627,95 - 768,95 kr. Described by the author as 'a storehouse of biographical and bibliographical anecdote', this two-volume autobiography, published in 1836, recounts the life and work of the renowned English bibliographer Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847). Dibdin focuses especially on his formative years, his publications and his love of books and libraries.
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- 627,95 kr.
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372,95 kr. M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of over 80 medieval manuscripts in the University Library, Aberdeen, originally published in 1932, is still much sought after by librarians and researchers. It lists the material, dimensions, structure, date, provenance, contents and decoration of the manuscripts, and includes 27 plates.
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549,95 - 690,95 kr. M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts in the library of Lambeth Palace, co-authored with the Lambeth Librarian Claude Jenkins and originally published in five parts between 1930 and 1932, has not been superseded and is much sought after by librarians and researchers.
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- 549,95 kr.
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672,95 - 681,95 kr. M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of 183 Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, originally published in 1921, is still much sought after by librarians and researchers. Volume 1 contains the text and Volume 2 consists of 187 plates illustrating varieties of scripts, decorations and covers.
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- 672,95 kr.
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- Short Notices of All Printers, Stationers, Book-Binders, and Others Connected with It from the Issue of the First Dated Book in 1457 to the Incorporation of the Company of Stationers in 1557
424,95 kr. Edward Gordon Duff (1863-1924) was a librarian and bibliographer specialising in the early history of the printed book. This biographical dictionary, first published in 1905, contains short accounts of the lives of printers, bookbinders and booksellers working in England up to 1557, and remains a standard reference work.
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- 424,95 kr.
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- With a History of the Art of Bookbinding, from the Times of the Greeks and Romans to the Present Day
424,95 kr. First published in 1837, Hannett's Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients is a small but comprehensive physical history of the book as object. He outlines the forms which books took over the centuries, but concentrates on the craft of bookbinding, past and present.
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625,95 kr. First published in 1888, Modern Printing Machinery remains a valuable work on the mechanisation of the printing industry in the nineteenth century. It contains detailed information, with illustrations, on all the machinery then in use. It will be of interest to book historians, printers, engineers and industrial archaeologists.
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- 625,95 kr.
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- Ecclesiae Londino-Batavae Archivum
5.661,95 kr. The publication between 1887 and 1897 of these letters from the archive of the Dutch Church at Austin Friars in London, was a remarkably feat of bibliography. The letters, written in Dutch, French, English, Italian and Latin between 1524 and 1723, throw light on the religious, intellectual and political ferment of the period.
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545,95 - 548,95 kr. First published in 1900, these two volumes contain the memoirs of William Tinsley (1830-1900), a noted Victorian publisher. Each chapter consists of a series of brief sketches of authors and other contemporaries, describing Tinsley's life and career and providing valuable insights into the world of nineteenth-century publishing.
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- 545,95 kr.
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- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys
347,95 kr. In the early twentieth century an attempt was made to catalogue Samuel Pepys' library of 3000 volumes that had been bequeathed to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Four volumes were produced and Cambridge University Press make these valuable reference works available again.
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- 347,95 kr.