Project Gutenberg 2008-04-06 Public domain in the USA. 177 Fletcher, William Younger 1830 1913 Fletcher, W. Y. (William Younger) Graves, Walter Stanley Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William) 1859 1944 Pollard, A. W. (Alfred William) Pollard, Alfred William English Book Collectors Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jane Hyland, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "English Book Collectors" by William Younger Fletcher is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the lives and libraries of notable English book collectors, shedding light on their contributions to preservation and scholarship. Fletcher aims to compile scattered information about these individuals and highlight their unique personalities alongside their collections. The opening portion of the book introduces the author's intention to present the histories of significant English book collectors from the period after Henry VII's reign, offering insights into their lives, the rarity of their collections, and the impact they had on preserving literary heritage during turbulent times. Fletcher emphasizes the importance of these collectors in rescuing valuable manuscripts and printed works from loss or destruction, particularly during the Reformation period. He notes that the current bibliophiles owe a debt of gratitude to these early collectors for their efforts and establishes a foundational understanding of the tradition of book collecting that the subsequent chapters will explore in detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Book collectors -- Great Britain Books -- Prices Z Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 784035 784045 2024-09-11T03:30:13.558154 2023-09-11T07:09:58.644070 text/html text/html 793635 2008-04-06T08:15:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2360879 2008-04-06T08:23:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2417752 2024-09-11T03:30:33.804065 application/epub+zip 2427323 2024-09-11T03:30:18.412103 application/epub+zip 340961 2024-09-11T03:30:15.799162 application/epub+zip 2746535 2024-09-11T03:30:42.621004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2623989 2024-09-11T03:30:30.255035 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544474 2022-09-11T13:05:44.978245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 626822 626699 2024-09-11T03:30:11.142148 2023-09-11T07:09:56.438046 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 626157 2008-04-06T08:22:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 226338 2008-04-06T08:23:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 626305 2008-04-06T08:23:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 226155 2008-04-06T08:23:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21271 2024-09-11T03:30:42.807972 application/rdf+xml 14670 2024-09-11T03:30:16.257114 image/jpeg 4107 2024-09-11T03:30:16.021165 image/jpeg 2557378 2024-09-11T03:30:13.733164 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia