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The country house library

by Mark Purcell

This illustrated history examines British and Irish country house libraries from the Roman period to the present day. It explores book collecting, library architecture, and collection management, highlighting the role of these rooms as scholarly centres of intellectual life.

Accession 13127 ISBN 9780300227406 Publisher Yale University Press, National Trust of Australia (Tasmania)
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