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Creator
Date
2017
Location
Delaware
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xx, 345 pages
Language
English
Size
27 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 352155
Folger call number: Z997.G24 S65 2017
Folger holdings ID: 500793
Accession Number: 269903
Folger call number: Z997.G24 S65 2017
Folger holdings ID: 500793
Accession Number: 269903
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Book collecting, bibliomania and the eighteenth-century -- Building a library -- Garrick, book culture and The Club -- Collecting Shakespeare and other English dramatists -- Book-buying in France and Italy -- Dispersal -- Appendix A. Locations of Garrick's books -- Appendix B. Books to which Garrick subscribed -- Appendix C. Books addressed/dedicated to Garrick -- Appendix D. Lots purchased by Thomas Thorpe at the 1823 sale -- Appendix E. Garrick books formerly belonging to George Frederick Beltz -- Appendix F. Carrington Garrick's books
Also known as
Extended title: An actor's library : David Garrick, book collecting and literary friendships / Nicholas D. Smith
Related names
author: Smith, Nicholas D., 1975-
subject: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
publisher: Oak Knoll Press
subject: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
publisher: Oak Knoll Press