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Creator
Date
2015
Location
Oxford, United Kingdom
England
Great Britain
England
Great Britain
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xiv, 308 pages
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 346943
Folger call number: PR3618.P2 Z76 2015
Folger holdings ID: 497714
Folger call number: PR3618.P2 Z76 2015
Folger holdings ID: 497714
Summary
Uses Pepys's surviving papers to examine reading practices, book collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century
Notes
Edition
First edition
General notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index
Contents
'Multitude of books' : patterns of reading in Peyps's diary -- Books, education, and self-advancement -- Pepys and news networks in Restoration London -- Reading history in the Restoration -- 'Books of pleasure' : plays, romances, and novels -- Buying books in Restoration London -- Books, manuscripts, gifts : scholarly and international networks -- 'Notes from discourses touching relition' : religious and scientific enquiry -- Libraries and closets : the uses of a book collection
Also known as
Extended title: Samuel Pepys and his books : reading, newsgathering, and sociability, 1660-1703 / Kate Loveman
Alternate titles: Samuel Pepys & his books
Alternate titles: Samuel Pepys & his books
Related names
author: Loveman, Kate
subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703