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Author:

Smith, Nicholas D., 1975- author.

Title:

An actor's library : David Garrick, book collecting and literary friendships / Nicholas D. Smith.

Publisher:

Oak Knoll Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xx, 345 pages ; 27 cm

Subject:

Garrick, David,--1717-1779--Library.
Garrick, David,--1717-1779--Books and reading.
Garrick, David,--1717-1779--Friends and associates.
Private libraries--England--History--18th century.
Book collecting--Europe--History--18th century.
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--Bibliography.
English drama--17th century--Bibliography.

Other Authors:

Oak Knoll Press, publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Book collecting, bibliomania and the eighteenth-century -- Building a library -- Garrick, book culture and The Club -- Collecting Shakespeare and other English dramatists -- Book-buying in France and Italy -- Dispersal -- Appendix A. Locations of Garrick's books -- Appendix B. Books to which Garrick subscribed -- Appendix C. Books addressed/dedicated to Garrick -- Appendix D. Lots purchased by Thomas Thorpe at the 1823 sale -- Appendix E. Garrick books formerly belonging to George Frederick Beltz -- Appendix F. Carrington Garrick's books.

ISBN:

1584563621
9781584563624

OCLC:

(OCoLC)991585072

LCCN:

2017010530

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)