How important a part did books play in the lives of successive English monarchs and their families? Besides Alfred the Great, Edward IV, Henry VIII and George III, which kings cared for books? This well-illustrated volume presents a fresh and wide-ranging review of the material and documentary evidence for royal interest in handwritten and printed books. Leading experts offer new perspectives on the part of England's monarchs in the circulation and preservation of texts from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Some ...
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How important a part did books play in the lives of successive English monarchs and their families? Besides Alfred the Great, Edward IV, Henry VIII and George III, which kings cared for books? This well-illustrated volume presents a fresh and wide-ranging review of the material and documentary evidence for royal interest in handwritten and printed books. Leading experts offer new perspectives on the part of England's monarchs in the circulation and preservation of texts from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Some essays consider individual books or monarchs. Others take a wider view of several centuries of evidence. At the heart of the volume is the remarkable array of royal books held by the British Library, including the Old Royal Library presented to the nation by George II and the King's Library presented by George IV. Contributors: Richard Gameson, Michael Wood, James Carley, Nicholas Vincent, Joanna Fronska, Catherine Reynolds, Scot McKendrick, Kathleen Doyle, John Goldfinch and Jane Roberts.
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Add this copy of 1000 Years of Royal Books and Manuscripts to cart. $42.91, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by British Library Publishing.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 9x6x1; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, First Edition, 8vo, 10" x 7 1/4." Dark blue cloth-covered boards in a dark blue paper dust jacket. Full-page color illustration on front panel. Gilt lettering on book spine. Light beige and white lettering on dust jacket spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Dust jacket has a few tiny bumps along edges and slight rubbing, else pristine and intact. Pages pristine and intact. Color illustrations included. 323 pp., including Bibliography, General Index, and Index of Manuscripts. A survey of British books and manuscripts. Excerpt from front flap: "At the heart of the volume is the remarkable array of royal books held by the British Library, including the Old Royal Library presented to the nation by George II and the King's Library presented by George IV." Features essays by different authors. Edited by Kathleen Doyle and Scot McKendrick. Chapter titles: "The Earliest English Royal Books, " "King Athelstan's Psalter, " "The Provenance of the Morgan Golden Gospels, " "The Great Lost Library of England's Medieval Kings? : Royal Use and Ownership of Books, 1066-1272, " "The _Livre du Sacre_ of Charles V of France: A Reappraisal, " "Makers of Royal Manuscripts, " "The Manuscripts of Edward IV: The Documentary Evidence, " "Preserved and Transmitted for the Good of Posterity, " "Royal Libraries in the King's Library, " and "The Royal Library at Windsor Castle." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.
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First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), x, 323pp. Text illustrations (mostly in colour). Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9780712357081.
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