Books and readers in certain eighteenth-century parish libraries

An introductory chapter outlines the provenance, circumstance and background relating to the provision of individual books and libraries within English parish churches since the Reformation. Such sources as private benefactions, endowments and royal and episcopal directives are cited as instrumental...

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Main Author: Best, Graham
Published: Loughborough University 1985
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.353437