
A Radical's Books
The Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye [1623-90]
D.S. Brewer (Publisher)
Published on 18. February 1999
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-0-85991-471-0 (ISBN)
Description
The library owned by Samuel Jeake of Rye, nonconformist and local activist, was one of the most remarkable of its time. It is of particular importance in that relatively little information has hitherto been available about the ownership of books in the English provinces, or the reading habits of intellectuals who - like Jeake -were outside London and university circles from which most surviving libraries have come down to us. The collection of some 1500 volumes includes an extraordinary assemblage of radical pamphlets from the English Revolution alongside works of theology, literature, scholarship and science. Other books reflect astrological and magical interests, and the collection also includes a medical library. Jeake's library catalogue, published here, gives much information about titles that are now lost, about the penetration of foreign books into provincial England, and about book prices. The introduction places Jeake's collection in context, and makes a significant contribution to the history of the book in the early modern period; appendices list surviving volumes from the library and give a complete list of the Jeake manuscripts now in Rye Museum.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen
8 b/w.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85991-471-0 (9780859914710)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Introduction: Samuel Jeake (1623-90) and his library; Jeake's life and milieu; the library "register"; Jeake's book-collecting in context; the library's content; using the library; the fate of the library. Part 2 A register of all my bookes, pamphlets, manuscripts, & fragments. Appendixes: loose papers inserted in the library register; surviving volumes from the Jeake library; catalogue of the Jeake manuscripts at Rye Museum.