The Invention of Rare Books

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The Invention of Rare Books is written by David McKitterick and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1108428320 (ISBN 10) and 9781108428323 (ISBN 13).

Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Using examples from across Europe, David McKitterick looks at how rare books developed from being desirable objects of largely private interest to become public and even national concerns.