UID:
almafu_9959235301802883
Format:
1 online resource (421 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-6738-9
Content:
Comprised of nearly 5000 entries, the catalogue is presented with a full introduction describing the Sidneys' intellectual world and life, their reading and collecting, the women collectors of the family, and the dispersal of the library in 1743.
Note:
Based on the catalogue copied by Gilbert Spencer.
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Introduction. The Sidneys of Penshurst -- The Penshurst Library Catalogue -- The Life of the Mind in Arcadia -- The Making of the Catalogue -- Readers and Collectors, 1540-1626. Sir Henry Sidney ; Sir Philip Sidney ; Robert Sidney, first earl of Leicester -- Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester. 'Lord Lisleys Study' -- The Library at Penshurst after 1665 -- Readers and Collectors: The Later Sidneys, 1677-1743 -- The Sale of the Penshurst Library -- Penshurst after the seventh earl -- Textual Introduction -- The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place circa 1665 -- Appendix of Associated Books.
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8020-4293-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442667389
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