000			03325cam a2200397 i 4500
001			on1402836625
003			OCoLC
005			20231031143351.0
008			231014t20232021nyua e b 001 0 eng c
010			_a 2021945164
040			_aLE# _beng _cLE# _dYDX _dBDX _dNFG
019			_a1370002859
020			_a9781541603721 _q(paperback)
020			_a1541603729 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1402836625 _z(OCoLC)1370002859
092			_a027.009 _bP499
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPettegree, Andrew, _eauthor. _9165665
245	1	4	_aThe library : _ba fragile history / _cAndrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen.
250			_aFirst US trade paperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBasic Books, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a518 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published in 2021 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [461]-502) and index.
520			_aFamed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with beanbags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, the first major work of its kind, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen trace this extraordinary history, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. Along the way, they introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of technologies, ideologies, and tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanors committed in pursuit of rare and valuable manuscripts. Very often, they find, libraries flourish in the hands of their first owner, then waste away as collections that represented the values and interests of one generation fail to speak to the one that follows. Yet while collections themselves fall victim to damp, dust, moths, and bookworms, the idea of the library persists, as each generation makes--and remakes-- the institution anew. Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Library is essential reading for book lovers, collectors, and anyone who has ever gotten blissfully lost in the stacks. -- _cFrom dust jacket.
505	0		_aPrologue. Curating the ruins -- Part 1: Inception and survival. A confusion of scrolls ; Sanctuary ; Little monkeys and letters of gold -- Part 2: The crisis of print. The infernal press ; Coming of age ; Reformations -- Part 3: The new collectors. The professionals ; Idle books and riff raff ; Mission fields -- Part 4: Between public and private. Grand designs ; Cardinal errors ; The antiquarians -- Part 5: Fictions. Orderly minds ; Building empires ; Reading on the job -- Part 6: The war on books. Surviving the twentieth century ; Wrestling with modernity ; Libraries, books and politics -- Postscript. Reading without books.
650		0	_aLibraries _xHistory. _921029
655		7	_aInformational works. _2lcgft _9222299
700	1		_aWeduwen, Arthur der, _eauthor.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c374603 _d374603