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Collecting the past : British collectors and their collections from the 18th to the 20th centuries /

Today's libraries and museums are heavily indebted to the passions and obsessions of numerous individual collectors who devoted their lives to amassing collections of books, manuscripts, artworks and other culturally significant objects. Collecting the Past brings together the latest research o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Burrows, Toby (Editor), Johnston, Cynthia (Project director) (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2019]
Subjects:	Collectors and collecting > Great Britain > History.

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