Revolution and the antiquarian book : reshaping the past, 1780-1815 /
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Author / Creator: | Jensen, Kristian, 1954- |
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Imprint: | Cambridg, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
Description: | x, 318 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8302003 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Enlightenment ideas and revolutionary practice: incunabula and freedom
- 2. Aristocratic aspirations and the wartime market: competing for the past and the future
- 3. An object-based discipline emerges: old books, new luxury
- 4. Competing for authority: 'the insolence of English wealth'
- 5. Commemorating and obliterating the past: 'old books, very displeasing to the eye'
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index