xvi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [264]-282) and index.
Contents
Books do furnish a room: the books of Bess of Hardwick and the Cavendish Family -- Enjoyment of all that's worth seeking after: the books of Samuel Pepys -- Distance learning: three provincial libraries -- A founding father: the books of Thomas Jefferson -- Building a library: the books of Sir John Soane -- A little light reading?: Fact and fiction in Georgian Britain -- Rare and curious: the books of Charles Winn -- The common reader: books for working men and women -- Children of the Revolution: the books of Denis and Edna Healey -- Appendix: Equivalent values of the pound