The ‘Rare and Curious’ Library of Sir Julius Caesar: Marvel, Miniaturization, and Antiquarian Librarianship on Display
This thesis treats a book-bound miniature library presented (probably in 1619) as a luxury gift to the English politician and courtier Sir Julius Caesar. Though it contains forty-four tiny books, the collection was not meant as a working reference library as much as it was intended as a marvel and a...
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University of Oregon
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1794/23105 |