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This book examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. Margaret Willes considers a selection of private and public libraries across the period - most of which have survived - shonwing the diversity of book owners and borrowers. Exploring the collections of avid readers such as Samuel Pepys, Thomas Jefferson, Sir John Soane, Thomas Bewick, and Denis and Edna Healey, the author also investigates the means by which books were sold, lending fascinating insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares.

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