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100 1 _aFletcher, William Younger,
_d1830-1913
245 1 0 _aEnglish Book Collectors
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-04-06
508 _aProduced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jane Hyland, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"English Book Collectors" by William Younger Fletcher is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the lives and libraries of notable English book collectors, shedding light on their contributions to preservation and scholarship. Fletcher aims to compile scattered information about these individuals and highlight their unique personalities alongside their collections. The opening portion of the book introduces the author's intention to present the histories of significant English book collectors from the period after Henry VII's reign, offering insights into their lives, the rarity of their collections, and the impact they had on preserving literary heritage during turbulent times. Fletcher emphasizes the importance of these collectors in rescuing valuable manuscripts and printed works from loss or destruction, particularly during the Reformation period. He notes that the current bibliophiles owe a debt of gratitude to these early collectors for their efforts and establishes a foundational understanding of the tradition of book collecting that the subsequent chapters will explore in detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBook collectors -- Great Britain
653 _aBooks -- Prices
700 1 _aGraves, Walter Stanley
700 1 _aPollard, Alfred W.
_q(Alfred William),
_d1859-1944
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25000
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