Marsh's Library, Dublin : All Graduates and Gentlemen

Author(s): McCarthy, Muriel

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Four Courts Press
Publication Year:	2003
ISBN:	9781851827824
Book ID:	001347
Catalogue(s):	Literary History and Criticism ◇ Books on Books, Book Collecting, Print and Design History

282pp. Lightly illustrated. Indexed. Laminated card covers (gentle shelf wear). Tells the story of the founder of Ireland's first public library and his determination to build a library for the Irish public, and to stock it with the best and most up to date books by the finest European writers. Traces the story of the library, and its eccentric keepers, and its many famous readers including Swift, Moore, Bram Stoker and James Joyce.

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library history books on books