Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place Circa 1665

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvGermaine Warkentin,Joseph Black,William Bowen

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For two centuries (1540-1740) the Sidney family of Penshurt Place, Kent, produced poets, courtiers, collectors, and at least one revolutionary. Increasingly aware of the cultural ideal of the learned nobleman and of libraries as representations of that ideal, the Sidneys amassed one of the largest gentry libraries in England of their period. This edition of their library catalogue provides a vivid portrait of the birth, growth, and eventual demise of the distinguished family’s library collection.Comprised of nearly 5000 entries, the catalogue is presented with a full introduction describing the Sidneys’ intellectual world and life, their reading and collecting, the women collectors of the family, and the dispersal of the library in 1743. The editors employ all the resources of contemporary bibliography, print and digital, to identify the titles in the catalogue, and where possible to locate the Sidneys’ own copies still extant, as well as architectural analysis to identify and describe the library room at Penshurst, now lost to nineteenth-century renovations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-10-21
Mått224 x 288 x 32 mm
Vikt1 440 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor420
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9780802042934

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Preface and AcknowledgmentsIllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionThe Sidneys of PenshurstThe Penshurst Library CatalogueThe Life of the Mind in ArcadiaThe Making of the CatalogueReaders and Collectors, 1540-1626Sir Henry SidneySir Philip SidneyRobert Sidney, first earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, second earl of Leicester‘Lord Lisleys Study’The Library at Penshurst after 1665Readers and Collectors: The Later Sidneys, 1677-1743The Sale of the Penshurst LibraryPenshurst after the seventh earlTextual IntroductionThe Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place circa 1665 Appendix of Associated BooksReferences

‘This masterful edition, the product of decades of collaborative research, represents a remarkable contribution both to Sidney studies and to early modern book history.’- Katherine R. Larson (Renaissance and Reformation vol 37:01:2014) ‘Warkentin’s successful efforts provide a fascinating analysis of book-collecting and reading of the Sidney Earls of Leicester… This volume will be prized by Sidney scholars.’- Susan Whyman (SHARP News vol 23:04:2014) ‘Warkentin, Black, and Bowen have produced an extremely careful publication, attractively and logically presented … The Library of the Sidneys is an important publication that offers insights into the mysteries of manners, arms, and arts’ that the Sidneys commanded – and collected – for so many years.’- Daniel Starza Smith (Library & Information History vol 31:01:2014) ‘It is an informative work, admirably organized and structured. The research is exhaustive and scholarly and it is a fascinating book to read.- Renae Satterley (The Library vol 15:04:2014) “The Library of The Sydneys is the product of more than forty years labour and it is saturated with the incremental accumulation of expertise. Some books take time, and are better for it, and this is one of those.“- Adam Smith (Times Literary Supplement, June 12, 2015.) “This is a meticulous and scholarly study of a family archive and its innumerable literary ramifications.” - David Pearson (The Book Collector 64.4 (Winter 2015)) ‘The Library of Sidneys of Penshurst Place is a monumental achievement that will contribute to scholarship on the history of reading, libraries, and the Sidney family… It is a book worthy not only of any decent research library, but of a private collection – a joy to read, skim, and to display on the bookshelf.’ - Andrew Strycharski (Sidney Journal vol 34:02:2016)