Readers in a revolution : bibliographical change in the nineteenth century / David McKitterick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKitterick, David, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book industries and trade--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Book industries and trade.

Book industries and trade--France--History--19th century.

Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--France--History--19th century.

Rare books--Great Britain--Bibliography.

Rare books.

Rare books--France--Bibliography.

Rare books--Bibliography.

France.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This book is concerned with several linked revolutions in the use, study and appreciation of older books that occurred over a little more than half a century, between the 1830s and the early 1890s. Changes in the manufacture and presentation of new books in this period, dominated by mechanisation, have been much discussed elsewhere. What, on the other hand, of earlier books? Jean Viardot, writing in the Histoire de l'édition française, and others before him, noted a revolution in taste for rare books in about 1830. What of material questions concerning these? How and where could they be studied? What opportunities were available for a population whose wealth, literacy and education were changing fundamentally? How and when did tastes and values change? How did the book trade and customers accommodate or lead change? The following considers what happened to the study and treatment of early books and some related aspects of manuscript traditions at a critical turning point in the mid-nineteenth century. By the 1880s, interests were being newly defined. Being concerned primarily with older materials, these pages have little to say about the manufacture or trade of contemporary books, though inevitably these impinged at every level of interest, influencing directions of enquiry and of enjoyment"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Re-shaping the World

Books in Abundance

Celebrating Print

Libraries

Access: National Collections

The British Museum Commission, 1847-1850

Libraries in Confusion

Collaboration

Trading and collecting

The Trade in Second-hand Books

Private Collectors and the Public

Books in Detail

Writing in Books

Bookbinding

Books in Show

Reproduction

Exhibitions

Another Generation

Changes in Direction

Advice and Guidance

Standing Back

The Next Generation

Then and Now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009200844

1009200844

9781009200899

1009200895

OCLC:

1286143420