Book contents
- The Invention of Rare Books
- The Invention of Rare Books
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Inventio
- 2 Books as Objects
- 3 Survival and Selection
- 4 Choosing Books in Baroque Europe
- 5 External Appearances (1)
- 6 External Appearances (2)
- 7 Printers and Readers
- 8 A Seventeenth-century Revolution
- 9 Concepts of Rarity
- 10 Developing Measures of Rarity
- 11 Judging Appearances by Modern Standards
- 12 The Harleian Sales
- 13 Authority and Rarity
- 14 Rarity Established
- 15 The French Bibliographical Revolution
- 16 Books in Turmoil
- 17 Bibliophile Traditions
- 18 Fresh Foundations
- 19 Public Faces, Public Responsibilities
- 20 Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
14 - Rarity Established
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2018
- The Invention of Rare Books
- The Invention of Rare Books
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Inventio
- 2 Books as Objects
- 3 Survival and Selection
- 4 Choosing Books in Baroque Europe
- 5 External Appearances (1)
- 6 External Appearances (2)
- 7 Printers and Readers
- 8 A Seventeenth-century Revolution
- 9 Concepts of Rarity
- 10 Developing Measures of Rarity
- 11 Judging Appearances by Modern Standards
- 12 The Harleian Sales
- 13 Authority and Rarity
- 14 Rarity Established
- 15 The French Bibliographical Revolution
- 16 Books in Turmoil
- 17 Bibliophile Traditions
- 18 Fresh Foundations
- 19 Public Faces, Public Responsibilities
- 20 Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- The Invention of Rare BooksPrivate Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840, pp. 204 - 231Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018