Aspects of Book Culture in Early Modern England
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Bibliofili historia
Bibliophilie Angleterre Histoire 16e siecle
Bibliophilie Angleterre Histoire 17e siecle
Bocker och lasning historia
Bokhistoria
Bokutgivning historia
Book collecting
Book collecting England History 16th century
Book collecting England History 17th century
Books and reading
Books and reading England History 16th century
Books and reading England History 17th century
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early modern English reading practices
England
English bibliography
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Livres et lecture Angleterre Histoire 16e siecle
Livres et lecture Angleterre Histoire 17e siecle
print culture history
private library provenance
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing England History 16th century
Publishers and publishing England History 17th century
rare book collections
seventeenth-century publishing
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- ISBN 9781409455691
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Thomas Anthony Birrell (1924-2011) was a man of many parts. For most of his working life he was Professor of English Literature in the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, where he was famous for his lively, humoristic and thought-provoking lectures. He was the author of some very popular literary surveys in Dutch, one of which - a history of English literature - has had seven editions so far. However, first and foremost he was a bibliographer and a book historian. The present collection contains fifteen of his book-historical articles, two reviews and one published version of a lecture for the illustrious ’Association Internationale de Bibliophilie’. The lecture - with a wealth of illustrations - about the British Library as the ’Custodian of the Unique’ gives one a sense of Birrell’s ability to present an audience with a complicated topic in comprehensible, but not simplified, terms. The reviews serve as a statement of principle of how to tackle the subject of ’English readers and books’ and the standards that ought to apply. The articles demonstrate Tom Birrell’s in-depth knowledge, dedication and scholarship. He once said that he felt that he could have talked to the 17th-century London booksellers on an equal footing and his work convinces one that they would have enjoyed these conversations. Aspects of Book Culture was edited by Birrell’s former pupil, colleague, friend and fellow-bibliographer Jos Blom.
T.A. Birrell (25 July 1924 - 22 May 2011) was Professor of English and American Literature at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands and historian of the Old Royal Library. Jos Blom teaches English at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
