An edition of The private library
(2021)
The private library
being a more or less compendious disquisition on the history of the architecture and furnishing of the domestic bookroom
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by Reid Byers
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"A history of the architecture and furnishings of the domestic library, from around 2,400 BCE to the present"--
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The private library: being a more or less compendious disquisition on the history of the architecture and furnishing of the domestic bookroom
2021, Oak Knoll Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Domestic Library
Ancient and Classical Architectures
The Ur-Libraries: Sumer and Babylon
Type One Libraries: Egypt and Classical Greece
Type Two Libraries: Hellenistic Greece and the Roman Republic
Type Three Libraries: The Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages
The Middle Ages and the Middle Kingdom
High and Late Medieval Libraries: Private Reading in Monastery and Palace
The Renaissance: Experiments Rich and Strange
Private Libraries in the East
The English Country House and Its Library
The Seventeenth-Century Scholar's Library
The Eighteenth-Century Family Library
The Nineteenth-Century Social Library
Parallel Developments
The Twentieth Century, and the Twenty-First
Contemporary Private Libraries
The Future of the Private Library
Appendix A: The Time Line of the Private Library
Appendix B: The Library Room Itself
Appendix C: The Architectural Details of the Library
Appendix D: Traditional Amenities and Charming Anachronisms.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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