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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 312 pages. Illustrations, tables, maps. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered gilt, with pictorial unclipped dust jacket. "In 1707 an act of parliament established Marsh's Library as 'a publick library for ever'. This volume contains the papers presented at a conference to commemorate the 1707 act which took place in the library in October 2007. The topics covered were 'Parliament and Legislation', 'Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment' and 'Collectors and Collections'." A near fine copy without any library stamps, inscriptions, or other markings. Images available on request.…

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 311+(1) pages. Table of contents, list of illustrations, list of abbreviations, list of contributors, introduction, index. Presentation on half title. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations. A collection of essays discussing the role of libraries, particularly that of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Brochure laid in. …