- Hardcover: 2072 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (26 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521858089
- ISBN-13: 978-0521858083
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16 x 13.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,362,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The global view of libraries and librarianship is typical of all three volumes. So, too, is the excellent bibliography and index … this is the most academic, with an extremely high quality of scholarship …This book is the starting point for all research into early British library history, informative in itself and directing readers further.' Rare Books Newsletter
'Volume 1 is, in scope and detail, a thoroughly documented and illustrated account of collections of books wholly unlike what we have come to regard as a library. … CHLB is without a doubt a major contribution to library history' The Library
'Volume 1 is, in scope and detail, a thoroughly documented and illustrated account of collections of books wholly unlike what we have come to regard as a library. … CHLB is without a doubt a major contribution to library history' The Library
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This is the first detailed scholarly history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. It aims to provide a panorama of the great variety of libraries since the medieval period, setting them in their social and cultural contexts and interpreting their role as it has changed over time. Libraries of all kinds are included, from monastic libraries and other manuscript collections to the modern world of electronic information. Special attention is given to the purposes of libraries - in education, for professional use, for religious purposes and of course for leisure and general reading. Large libraries and small are covered, with examples from all over the British Isles of how needs have been met. Each volume includes an extensive bibliography of sources and secondary works.
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One of those tantalizing but impossibly unaffordable titles when first published but now available at a comparatively knock-down price (£81.60 for the set of three volumes from Amazon agent academicbookshopuk). Splendidly produced by the Cambridge University Press, these three volumes are unlikely to be superseded as a general history for many years to come.
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