Description:
Originally published in 1964 this volume continues the studies of the history of libraries and incorporates material included in The Origins of the English Library with some additional material.
Review Quotes:
'...an absorbing account that rightly deals in detail with bookmaking as well as libraries, and with readers as well as librarians and bibliographers....vast mass of fascinating detail charmingly presented by this learned and ably written study.' Times Educational Supplement
'...wide-ranging, stimulating...' H. D. Ziman, The Daily Telegraph
'...as readable as it is scholarly...' School Librarian.