Author : Giles Mandelbrote
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : British Library
ISBN : 9780712350358
"Dispersed along the shelves of the British Library today are many volumes that once stood side by side in private libraries. These essays explore some of the most important printed collections which were brought together to form the British Museum Library and cast new light on the individuals whose personal interests and taste they reflect.--Dust jacket.
Author : Edmund de Waal
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780714123479
Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-provoking work of art. A preface by Booker Prize-nominated author Elif Shafak reflects on the importance of literature and its capacity to transcend language and borders. The introduction from Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum, positions the artwork within the wider context of the Museum's collection, highlighting the dialogue between objects from across time and throughout history and the contemporary. Finally, de Waal concentrates on the work itself, its journey to the British Museum via Venice and Dresden, and its future role in the foundation of the New University Library in Mosul.
Author : Philip Rowland Harris
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :
The first comprehensive history of a world-renowned repository of knowledge and scholarship, this volume deals primarily with the growth of the library's collections, their cataloguing, and the reading rooms in which they are housed. The appendices includes a list of some of the better known persons who have used the reading rooms. 100 illustrations.
Author : British Museum (Natural History)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release : 199?
Category : Natural history
ISBN :
Author : Michael Leapman
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. Owing its origin to the generosity and far-sightedness of a handful of 18th-century scholars and booklovers, and built up over 250 years, the Library's very extensive collections--of books, manuscripts, maps, music, newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, stamps, and digital media--offer keys to the understanding of human achievement in literature, art, music, politics, journalism, exploration, and much else, from ancient times to the present day. In this highly illustrated book, Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as exploring some of the lesser known, more surprising artifacts housed in its iconic building in the heart of London.
Author : Dorothy Thickett
Publisher : British Museum Press
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 27,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN :
There is little point in conserving an object if the storage conditions to which it is to be returned contributed to its deterioration. This book presents the full range of tests, for materials used in constructing storage and display areas, which are used at the British museum and describes standard procedures for carrying them out. It is a valuable source of information for curators, conservators and designers and will enable those with access to relatively basic equipment to carry out their own tests.
Author : Richard Sims
Publisher : London : J.R. Smith
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
Author : Nicolas Barker
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Library resources
ISBN : 9780712304092
In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.
Author : Gertrude Burford Rawlings
Publisher :
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 35,57 MB
Release : 1928
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Arundell Esdaile
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 100050526X
This book, first published in 1946, provides a summary account, historical and descriptive, which is full enough to be useful for reference and information, and at the same time to bring out the true significance of the collections of the British Museum Library and of the tale of their gathering.
