Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840
by
David McKitterick
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,...