The Country House Library

# Read * The Country House Library by Mark Purcell ð eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Country House Library For those who love books and the libraries in which they are collected and stored, The Country House Library is an essential volume to own.   . Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features fascinating information on acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of designing library architecture, and the care (and neglect) of collections. The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them we

Author	:	Mark Purcell
Rating	:	4.14 (759 Votes)
Asin	:	030022740X
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	352 Pages
Publish Date	:	2015-04-04
Language	:	English

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For those who love books and the libraries in which they are collected and stored, The Country House Library is an essential volume to own.   . Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features fascinating information on acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of designing library architecture, and the care (and neglect) of collections. The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly, assembled with meticulous care, and frequently used for intellectual pursuits. Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries

About the AuthorMark Purcell is deputy director of Cambridge University Library and was the former libraries curator to the National Trust.   

Mark Purcell is deputy director of Cambridge University Library and was the former libraries curator to the National Trust.