The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place circa 1665 /
Comprised of nearly 5000 entries, the catalogue is presented with a full introduction describing the Sidneys' intellectual world and life, their reading and collecting, the women collectors of the family, and the dispersal of the library in 1743.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press
[2013]
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| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt5hjwsq |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Introduction. The Sidneys of Penshurst
- The Penshurst Library Catalogue
- The Life of the Mind in Arcadia
- The Making of the Catalogue
- Readers and Collectors, 1540-1626. Sir Henry Sidney ; Sir Philip Sidney ; Robert Sidney, first earl of Leicester
- Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester. 'Lord Lisleys Study'
- The Library at Penshurst after 1665
- Readers and Collectors: The Later Sidneys, 1677-1743
- The Sale of the Penshurst Library
- Penshurst after the seventh earl
- Textual Introduction
- The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place circa 1665
- Appendix of Associated Books.