{"product_id":"the-invention-of-rare-books-private-interest-and-public-memory-1600-1840-paperback-9781108449335","title":"The Invention of Rare Books; Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108449335","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Invention of Rare Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePrivate Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid McKitterick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108449335, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 June 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e462 pages, 22 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e17 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.79 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Invention of Rare Books, is essential and fascinating reading … Deeply researched and engagingly written, this study is cultural, social, economic and intellectual history thoughtfully stitched and gathered together.' Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how collectors, the book trade and libraries gradually came together to identify canons that often remain the same today. In a world that many people found to be over-supplied with books, the invention of rare books was a process of selection. As books are one of the principal means of memory, this process also created particular kinds of remembering. Taking a European perspective, McKitterick looks at these interests as they developed from being matters of largely private concern and curiosity, to the larger public and national responsibilities of the first half of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Inventio\u003cbr\u003e 2. Books as objects\u003cbr\u003e 3. Survival and selection\u003cbr\u003e 4. Choosing books in Baroque Europe\u003cbr\u003e 5. External appearances (1)\u003cbr\u003e 6. External appearances (2)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Printers and readers\u003cbr\u003e 8. A seventeenth-century revolution\u003cbr\u003e 9. Concepts of rarity\u003cbr\u003e 10. Developing measures of rarity\u003cbr\u003e 11. Judging appearances by modern standards\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Harleian sales\u003cbr\u003e 13. Authority and rarity\u003cbr\u003e 14. Rarity established\u003cbr\u003e 15. The French bibliographical revolution\u003cbr\u003e 16. Books in turmoil\u003cbr\u003e 17. Bibliophile traditions\u003cbr\u003e 18. Fresh foundations\u003cbr\u003e 19. Public faces, public responsibilities\u003cbr\u003e 20. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002122719512,"sku":"9781108449335","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108449335i.jpg?v=1696700264","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-invention-of-rare-books-private-interest-and-public-memory-1600-1840-paperback-9781108449335","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}