The care of books;: An essay on the development of libraries and their fittings, from the earliest times to the end of the eighteenth century

by John Willis Clark

This reprint edition of the 1901 Cambridge edition limited to 100 copies. This is the definitive work on the subject.

Genres: Books About Books, History

329 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1901

About the author

John Willis Clark (1833 – 1910), sometimes J.W. Clark, was an English academic and antiquarian.

Reviews

[Drew · Rating 1 out of 5]

There appear to be limits even to my book porn problem. This volume was more devoted to storage than what was stored.

[Two Readers in Love]

Read about this in Alex Johnson's "Bookshelf" design book... p. 13, "In 1901, John Willis Clark wrote about the 'ever-present need for more space to hold the invading hordes of books that represent the literature of today' in his fascinating and ground-breaking study of library fixtures and fittings, 'The Care of Books'." Downloaded from Project Gutenberg.