About the Author

Giles Mandelbrote is curator of British Collections, 1501-1800 at the British Library and joint editor of The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland, Volume II: 1640-1850. Barry Taylor is curator of Hispanic Printed Collections, 1501-1850 at the British Library and editor of the Electronic British Library Journal.

Reviews

'Like [George] Thomason's collection, this book is also 'a browser's delight', but it is also revealing of a new approach to librarianship and a fresh way of looking at books in a post-Google world.' Timothy Mason, Museums Journal