Author : Robert J. Fehrenbach
Release : 1992
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Private Libraries in Renaissance England by : Robert J. Fehrenbach

Download or read book Private Libraries in Renaissance England written by Robert J. Fehrenbach. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the thousands of inventories on decease compiled for the purpose of probate during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England, books are often among the items listed. They are also recorded in a variety of other documents associated with men and women of this period, including wills, account ledgers, receipts, and inventories of goods distrained. Private Libraries in Renaissance England (PLRE) transcribes and annotates such book-lists produced between the beginning of the sixteenth century and the mid-seventeenth century; it also reconstructs private library holdings of that period based on extant books. The information thus derived is then entered into a uniform database which can be searched and from which material about those books and their owners is retrieved and published"--Publisher's website.