David Mckitterick: 2 books
The Invention of Rare Books
Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
When 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,...
Old Books, New Technologies
The Representation, Conservation and Transformation of Books since 1700
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
As we rely increasingly on digital resources, and libraries discard large parts of their older collections, what is our responsibility to preserve 'old books' for the future? David McKitterick's lively and wide-ranging study explores how old books have been represented and interpreted from the eighteenth...