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100 1 _aPettegree, Andrew,
_d1957-
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245 1 4 _aThe library :
_ba fragile history /
_cAndrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen.
250 _aFirst US trade paperback edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bBasic Books,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a518 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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386 _aScottish
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386 _iPettegree
_aUniversity and college faculty members
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386 _iWeduwen
_aHistorians
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500 _aOriginally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [461]-502) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue. Curating the ruins -- Part 1: Inception and survival. A confusion of scrolls ; Sanctuary ; Little monkeys and letters of gold -- Part 2: The crisis of print. The infernal press ; Coming of age ; Reformations -- Part 3: The new collectors. The professionals ; Idle books and riff raff ; Mission fields -- Part 4: Between public and private. Grand designs ; Cardinal errors ; The antiquarians -- Part 5: Fictions. Orderly minds ; Building empires ; Reading on the job -- Part 6: The war on books. Surviving the twentieth century ; Wrestling with modernity ; Libraries, books and politics -- Postscript. Reading without books.
520 _aFamed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with beanbags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, the first major work of its kind, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen trace this extraordinary history, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of technologies, ideologies, and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanors committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts. Very often, they find, libraries flourish in the hands of their first owner, then waste away as collections that represented the values and interests of one generation fail to speak to the one that follows. Yet while collections themselves fall victim to damp, dust, moths, and bookworms, the idea of the library persists, as each generation makes--and remakes-- the institution anew. Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Library is essential reading for book lovers, collectors, and anyone who has ever gotten blissfully lost in the stacks. --
_cFrom dust jacket.
650 0 _aLibraries
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650 6 _aBibliothèques
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650 7 _aHISTORY / World.
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650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
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650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General.
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650 7 _aLibraries
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655 7 _aHistory
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655 7 _aInformational works
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655 7 _aInformational works.
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700 1 _aWeduwen, Arthur der
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