Aspects of Book Culture in Early Modern England

Contents: Editorial preface; Part I The Significance of Book Auctions: John Drydenâs purchases at two book auctions, 1680 and 1682; Books and buyers in 17th century English auction sales; John Locke at three English book auctions, December 1681 to June 1682. Part II Book Collectors and Reading Habits: The reconstruction of the library of Isaac Casaubon; The printed books of Dame Margaret Nicollson: a pre-Reformation collection; Reading as pastime: the place of light literature in some gentlemenâs libraries of the 17th century; Review of Bibliotheca Higgsiana: A Catalogue of the Books of Dr Griffin Higgs (1589-1659) by P.S. Morrish (Oxford, 1990); Review of Private Libraries in Renaissance England: a Collection and Catalogue of Tudor and Early Stuart Booklists, eds R.J. Fehrenbach and E. Leedham-Green, Volumes I and II (Binghampton/New York, 1992/3); Mary of Nemmegen: provenance, context, genre; The library of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702). Part III Publishers and Their Influence: The influence of 17th century publishers on the presentation of English literature; The making of a bookseller: the journals of John Petheram (1807-1858); The circle of John Gage (1786-1842): Director of the Society of Antiquaries, and the bibliography of medievalism; âA sentimental journeyâ through Holland and Flanders, 6 June to 3 July 1815, by John Gage. Part IV Bibliographers and Libraries: Anthony Wood, John Bagford and Thomas Hearne as bibliographers; Some rare Scottish books in the Old Royal Library; The British library: custodian of the unique; The BM duplicate sales 1769-1832 and their significance for the early collections; Bibliography of T.A. Birrell's works; Selective index.