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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland

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Volume II: 1640-1850

Giles Mandlebrote
The British Library

Keith Manley
University of London

Contents and contributors:

  • 1. Introduction Giles Mandelbrote and Keith Manley;
  • Part I. The Expansion of Book Collections 1640-1750:
    • 2. Ancients and moderns: cross-currents in early modern intellectual life Joseph M. Levine;
    • 3. Libraries, books and learning, from Bacon to the Enlightenment Paul A. Nelles;
    • 4. Opportunities for building collections and libraries R. Julian Roberts;
    • 5. Libraries for school education and personal devotion Ian Green;
    • 6. Libraries for the parish: individual donors and charitable societies W. M. Jacob;
    • 7. Endowed libraries for towns Michael Powell;
    • 8. Libraries in university towns Charles Benson;
    • 9. Ecclesiastical libraries: libraries for the higher clergy Sheila Hingley;
    • 10. Antiquaries' and heralds' libraries Nigel Ramsay;
    • 11. Professional collections: libraries for scientists and doctors Scott Mandelbrote;
    • 12. Personal owners of books Giles Mandelbrote;
    • 13. Library buildings and fittings John Newman;
    • 14. Baroque librarianship P. S. Morrish;
  • Part II. Library Developments at a Local Level:
    • 15. Libraries for sociability: the rise of the subscription library James Raven;
    • 16. Two case studies of local library provision: Norwich David Stoker;
    • 17. Belfast Wesley McCann;
  • Part III. Provincial and Metropolitan Libraries 1750-1850:
    • 18. Libraries in context: social, cultural and intellectual background Joanna Innes;
    • 19. The book trade and libraries John Feather;
    • 20. Ecclesiastical libraries Joan Williams;
    • 21. Libraries in the parish Graham Best;
    • 22. Books and universities Peter Freshwater;
    • 23. Libraries and literacy in popular education Brian Burch;
    • 24. Scientific and medical libraries: the rise of the institution John Symonds;
    • 25. The first century of the British Museum library P. R. Harris;
    • 26. The impact of the British Museum library Marvin Spevack;
    • 27. Private libraries in the age of `bibliomania' Arnold Hunt;
    • 28. Library architecture and interiors M. H. Port;
    • 29. Library management in the pre-professional age P. S. Morrish;
    • 30. Libraries for an imperial power Wallace Kirsop;
    • 31. Engines of literature: libraries in an age of expansion and transition K. A. Manley;
    • Select bibliography.