Samuel Pepys and His Books
Samuel Pepys and His Books
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'Multitude of books' : patterns of reading in Peyps's diary -- Books, education, and self-advancement -- Pepys and news networks in Restoration London -- Reading history in the Restoration -- 'Books of pleasure' : plays, romances, and novels -- Buying books in Restoration London -- Books, manuscripts, gifts : scholarly and international networks -- 'Notes from discourses touching relition' : religious and scientific enquiry -- Libraries and closets : the uses of a book collection.
Uses Pepys's surviving papers to examine reading practices, book collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century.
Uses Pepys's surviving papers to examine reading practices, book collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century.
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