Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Notes |
Based on the catalogue copied by Gilbert Spencer |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sidney family -- Library -- Catalogs
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SUBJECT |
Sidney family fast |
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Sidney Familie gnd |
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Sidney Familie. gnd (DE-601)695657143 |
Subject |
Penshurst Place (England) -- History -- Sources
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SUBJECT |
Penshurst Place (England) fast |
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Private libraries -- England -- Penshurst -- Catalogs
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Manuscripts, English -- England -- Penshurst
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REFERENCE -- Bibliographies & Indexes.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Libraries
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Manuscripts, English
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Private libraries
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Privatbibliothek
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Privatbibliothek.
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England -- Penshurst
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Genre/Form |
Catalogs
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History
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Sources
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Library catalogs
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bowen, William R
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Warkentin, Germaine, 1933-
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Black, Joseph, 1962-
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LC no. |
2013387498 |
ISBN |
9781442667389 |
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1442667389 |
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