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| ISBN: | 9789004210202 (electronic bk.)
9004210202 (electronic bk.)
9789004206656 (acid-free paper)
9004206655 (acid-free paper)
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| Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Manchester, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-250) and index.
Description based on print version record.
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| Summary: | Chetham's Library, Manchester, was founded in 1655 by the bequest of the Manchester merchant, Humphrey Chetham (1580-1653). Drawing on recent debates about the methods of book history, this book is a detailed study of the way in which an early modern provincial library was created, stocked with books and administered. Using extensive archival research into the Library's acquisitions and the trade in books and ideas in the later seventeenth century, Yeo examines the motivations behind the Library's foundation, the beliefs of those responsible for the selection of books and the Library's relatio.
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| Other form: | Print version: Yeo, Matthew. Acquisition of books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2011 9789004206656
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