ID - 32868071 TI - The invention of rare books : private interest and public memory, 1600-1840 PY - 2018 SN - 9781108428323 1108428320 9781108584265 9781108449335 1108449336 1108698786 110860045X 1108584268 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Book history KW - book history KW - rare books KW - anno 1700-1799 KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - 025.17 KW - 02 <09> KW - 02 <09> Bibliotheekwezen:--algemene geschiedenis KW - Bibliotheekwezen:--algemene geschiedenis KW - 025.17 Bibliotheekbeheer: speciale collecties KW - Bibliotheekbeheer: speciale collecties KW - Boekgeschiedenis KW - zeldzame boeken KW - boekgeschiedenis KW - Rare books KW - Book collecting KW - Book collectors KW - Libraries KW - Book industries and trade KW - History KW - Bibliography KW - Methodology KW - reading culture KW - Rare books - Europe - History KW - Rare books - Europe - Bibliography - Methodology - History KW - Book collecting - Europe - History KW - Book collectors - Europe - History KW - Libraries - Europe - History KW - Book industries and trade - Europe - History - 17th century KW - Book industries and trade - Europe - History - 18th century KW - Book industries and trade - Europe - History - 19th century KW - History. KW - Book trade KW - Cultural industries KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Documentation KW - Public institutions KW - Librarians KW - Book owners KW - Books KW - Book selection KW - Collectors and collecting KW - Private libraries KW - Bibliophily KW - Antiquarian booksellers KW - Bibliomania KW - Book rarities KW - Rare library materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32868071 AB - "When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how collectors, the book trade and libraries gradually came together to identify canons that often remain the same today. In a world that many people found to be over-supplied with books, the invention of rare books was a process of selection. As books are one of the principal means of memory, this process also created particular kinds of remembering. Taking a European perspective, McKitterick looks at these interests as they developed from being matters of largely private concern and curiosity, to the larger public and national responsibilities of the first half of the nineteenth century"-- ER -