Overview

A British Book Collector celebrates one of the finest collections of manuscripts and rare books in the north west of England. From the turn of the twentieth century through the Second World War, Robert Edward Hart, a ropemaker of Blackburn, Lancashire, quietly amassed a phenomenal collection of medieval manuscripts and early printed books. In this volume, leading scholars from the fields of the history of art, and the history of the book, examine anew the internationally important manuscripts and rare printed books in Hart’s collection, and the practice of collecting itself in the context of the waning of the industrial revolution. Copiously illustrated with colour prints, this volume marks R.E. Hart’s achievement as a collector who collected for himself, and for his community for posterity.

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Author:   Cynthia Johnston
Publisher:   University of London
Imprint:   University of London Press
ISBN:  

9780992725792

ISBN 10:   0992725798
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   21 February 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Cynthia Johnston The Loyalties of a Collector / David McKitterick The Blackburn Psalter and the William of Devon Group / Nigel Morgan Rome and Florence at the beginning of the fifteenth century: the different models in the illuminations of the Pancerra Missal (Blackburn) and a new hypothesis on penflourishing in the Acciaiuoli Missal (Cambridge) / Francesca Manzari Contextualising the art and innovations of the Master of Edward IV in the Blackburn Hours (Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Hart MS 20884) / Scot McKendrick Fragments of Early Mainz Printing in the R.E. Hart Collection / Eric Marshall White Journey in the Mind's Eye: the virtue and value of virtual pilgrimage / Cleo Cantone Book collecting in context: Hart and his contemporaries / Cynthia Johnston The value of the past: heritage between local, global and national / Rebecca Darley

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Published as a sturdy, 200-page paperback (a pleasant surprise for this reader) and fully illustrated with color prints, A British Book Collector is both an ode to a devoted bibliophile and a robust argument for the importance these primary treasures serve as beacons for understanding world cultures. * Fine Books and Collections *

Published as a sturdy, 200-page paperback (a pleasant surprise for this reader) and fully illustrated with color prints, A British Book Collector is both an ode to a devoted bibliophile and a robust argument for the importance these primary treasures serve as beacons for understanding world cultures. * Fine Books and Collections *

Author Information

Cynthia Johnston is course tutor and associate research fellow at the Institute of English Studies, University of London. In 2015 she co-curated the popular Cotton to Gold exhibition at Two Temple Place.

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