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18. The Paston Library

Mark Purcell

The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

The history of private libraries is frequently problematic. The difficulty is compounded when the library in question was dispersed in 1734, and was kept in a house mostly demolished by the 1740s. The...

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Mark Purcell

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.214-217

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00266.019

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Chapter subject tags:Private librariesBook auctionsBook collecting

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