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Marginalia : readers writing in books / H.J. Jackson.
LIBRA Z1003 .J12 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, H. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--History.
- Books and reading.
- History.
- Marginalia--History.
- Marginalia.
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Based on a study of thousands of books annotated in the margins by readers both famous and obscure over the last three centuries, this book reveals the intensity of emotion that characterizes the process of reading. 11 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0300088167
- OCLC:
- 44728282
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