A History of the British Museum Library, 1753-1973

A History of the British Museum Library, 1753-1973 PDF

Author: Philip Rowland Harris

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 952

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The first comprehensive history of a world-renowned repository of knowledge and scholarship, this volume deals primarily with the growth of the library's collections, their cataloguing, and the reading rooms in which they are housed. The appendices includes a list of some of the better known persons who have used the reading rooms. 100 illustrations.

The English Book in Eighteenth-century Germany

The English Book in Eighteenth-century Germany PDF

Author: Bernhard Fabian

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 124

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An accessible study of the impact of English literature and culture on the emergent national culture of 18th century Germany. The text traces the bibliographic evidence for the spread of English influence, through the publication and distribution of translations and its effect on a country striving to modernize, to refine its language and to transform its literature.

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