Romantic Readers: The Evidence of MarginaliaWhen readers jot down notes in their books, they reveal something of themselves—what they believe, what amuses or annoys them, what they have read before. But a close examination of marginalia also discloses diverse and fascinating details about the time in which they are written. This book explores reading practices in the Romantic Age through an analysis of some 2,000 books annotated by British readers between 1790 and 1830. |
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... catalogue of 1790 consists largely but not entirely of Trusler's own compositions and compilations . In retrospect , though it made him rich , Trusler thought publishing as he had been obliged to do it was hardly worth the trouble . He ...
... catalogue of 1790 Trusler was in the midst of one of his most ambitious ventures , The Habitable World De- scribed , which consists of a set of translated , reprinted travel narratives arranged geographically , the first group being ...
... and broken sets like the two volumes of a 1787 Arabian Nights offered for a shilling apiece in 1804-5 ; he also sold odd prints at twopence or threepence CHERY ZAC ZIHT CATALOGUE MOTION OF T BOOKS , FOR 34 introduction.
... Catalogue of Books , for the year 1804-5 . By permission of the British Library . ( Fig . 7 ) . But Lackington had a handsome shop to maintain . The real bargains were to be had on the streets . Lamb and Southey wrote about " stall ...
... catalogues of their holdings and sent books by post or wagon to subscribers in the country , the borrowers paying carriage ( until 1840 the cost of sending letters too was paid by the recipient ) . Fellows's charges represent a middle ...
Contents
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2 Socializing with Books | 121 |
3 Custodians to Posterity | 198 |
4 The Reading Mind | 249 |
Conclusion | 299 |
Notes | 307 |
Bibliography of Books with Manuscript Notes | 325 |
Bibliography of Secondary Sources | 340 |
Index | 353 |