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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 June 2022
      30 June 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009200882
      9781009200844
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009200882
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.99kg, 446 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Literature, Printing and Publishing History
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    The mid-nineteenth century brought a revolution in popular and scholarly understandings of old and second-hand books. Manuals introduced new ideas and practices to increasing numbers of collectors, exhibitions offered opportunities previously unheard of, and scholars worked together to transform how the history of printing was understood. These dramatic changes would have profound consequences for bibliographical study and collecting, accompanied as they were by a proliferation in means of access. Many ideas arising during this time would even continue to exert their influence in the digitised arena of today. This book traces this revolution to its roots in commercial and personal ties between key players in England, France and beyond, illuminating how exhibitions, libraries, booksellers, scholars and popular writers all contributed to the modern world of book studies. For students and researchers, it offers an invaluable means of orientation in a field now once again undergoing deep and wide-ranging transformations.

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    'In this erudite, wide-ranging book David McKitterick examines the evolution of bibliographical study in the nineteenth century … McKitterick's narrative fruitfully extends beyond national concerns.'

    A.S.G. Edwards Source: Times Literary Supplement

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