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About the Author
The late Derek Pearsall was Emeritus Gurney Professor of Middle English Literature at Harvard University; he wrote extensively on Chaucer, Gower, Langland and Lydgate, including biographies of Chaucer and Lydgate, an edition of the C-text of Langland's Piers Plowman.
Reviews
[A] fascinating study of the manuscripts and early printed books acquired and commissioned by the Willoughby family [..]. The authors and editors are to be commended for the richness of their insights into the Willoughbys and their books [...] a superb book, one that well illustrates how much is to be gained from the interdisciplinary study of medieval manuscripts in their wider textual, physical, visual, and cultural contexts. * SPECULUM *
An important book that for the first time supplies a coherent picture of one of late-medieval England's most significant privately assembled libraries. [...] Beyond providing us with the ability to reconstruct a detailed picture of gentry collecting practices, this useful volume also helps better contextualise private, lay reading habits and tastes. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *
The Wollaton Library Collection deserves the thorough and rather splendid format and scholarship provided by the publication of this book. [...] A fascinating and splendid production. * JOURNAL OF THE EARLY BOOK SOCIETY *
[A] handsome illustrated collection focusing on the extensive regional gentry library accumulated by the Willoughby family at Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, c.1460-c.1540. * YEARS WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *
[An] excellent and fascinating volume [which] offers a valuable insight into something very rare: a whole medieval collection. * CILIP RARE BOOKS NEWSLETTER *
The editors are to be congratulated on bringing together historical essays, conservation studies, and catalogue entries in a single, richly illustrated volume, finely produced by York Medieval Press. * LIBRARY & INFORMATION HISTORY *
Makes for enjoyable and instructive reading to anyone wanting to immerse themselves in the world of English medieval manuscripts. * MANUSCRIPTS *
The knowledge and precision of the compilers ensure that this work will stand the test of searching scrutiny. * TLS *
Impressive in size and content. [It] will prove a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the consumption of texts by a gentry family in the later Middle Ages. * AMARC NEWSLETTER *
Book Information
ISBN 9781903153345
Author Ralph Hanna
Format Hardback
Page Count 206
Imprint York Medieval Press
Publisher York Medieval Press
Weight(grams) 1g