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Used books : marking readers in Renaissance England / William H. Sherman.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Z1003.5.G7 S44 2008
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Van Pelt Library Z1003.5.G7 S44 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherman, William H. (William Howard)
- Series:
- Material texts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--England--History--16th century.
- Books and reading.
- Books.
- Marginalia.
- History.
- England.
- Marginalia--England--History--16th century.
- Books--England--Owners' marks--16th century.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Part I Of Marks and Methods
- 1 Introduction: Used Books 3
- 2 Toward a History of the Manicule 25
- 3 Reading the Matriarchive 53
- Part II Reading and Religion
- 4 "The Book thus put in every vulgar hand": Marking the Bible 71
- 5 An Uncommon Book of Common Prayer 87
- Part III Remarkable Readers
- 6 John Dee's Columbian Encounter 113
- 7 Sir Julius Caesar's Search Engine 127
- Part IV Renaissance Readers and Modern Collectors
- 8 Dirty Books? Attitudes Toward Readers' Marks 151
- Afterword: The Future of Past Readers 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812240436
- 081224043X
- OCLC:
- 154800578
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