Revolution and the antiquarian book : reshaping the past, 1780-1815 / Kristian Jensen.
Revolution and the antiquarian book : reshaping the past, 1780-1815 / Kristian Jensen.
Revolution and the antiquarian book : reshaping the past, 1780-1815 / Kristian Jensen.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N002.09409/1
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English
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x, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Enlightenment ideas and revolutionary practice: incunabula and freedom; 2. Aristocratic aspirations and the war-time market: competing for the past and the future; 3. An object-based discipline emerges: old books, new luxury; 4. Competing for authori...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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England
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2011.
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"At the end of the eighteenth century, noblemen and revolutionaries spent extravagant sums of money or precious military resources competing to acquire old books, which until then had often been regarded as worthless. These books, called incunabula, achieved cultural and political importance as luxury commodities and as tools for mastering a contro...
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Revolution and the antiquarian book : reshaping the past, 1780-1815 / Kristian Jensen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N002.09409/1
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74VvD60yzkKb
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1107000513 (hbk.)
9781107000513 (hbk.)
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002.09409033
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991004868579702626
