TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeo,Matthew
TI  - The acquisition of books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700
T2  - Library of the written word,
SN  - 9789004210202
AV  - Z792.C48 Y46 2011eb
U1  - 025.209427/33 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Chetham's Library
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Manchester
KW  - swd
KW  - Public libraries
KW  - England
KW  - Acquisitions (Libraries)
KW  - Libraries and booksellers
KW  - Book industries and trade
KW  - Booksellers and bookselling
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Bibliothèques publiques
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 17e siècle
KW  - Acquisitions (Bibliothèques)
KW  - Bibliothèques et libraires
KW  - Livres
KW  - Industrie
KW  - Livres et lecture
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Library & Information Science
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Bestandsaufbau
KW  - gnd
KW  - Vie intellectuelle
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-250) and index; The foundation of Chetham's Library -- The selection of texts by Chetham's Library -- Robert Littlebury and the sale of books -- The reception of theology at Chetham's Library -- The acquisition of classics, history, and law -- Natural philosophy and 'useful' texts
N2  - 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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