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In Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shape the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, Memory's Library revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Summit argues that the medieval sources that survive in English collections are the product of a Reformation and post-Reformation struggle to redefine the past by redefining the cultural place, function, and identity of libraries. By establishing the intellectual dynamism of English libraries during this crucial period of their development, Memory's Library demonstrates how much current discussions about the future of libraries can gain by reexamining their past.

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The Swiss physician and polymath Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) was one of the most prominent scientists of the early modern period and wrote numerous important works. During the last two decades were discovered nearly 400 titles from his private library. They give an interesting insight into his interests and his sources. The present book contains not only an introduction and a catalogue of these books, but also inventories of the lost works as well as the still extant and lost manuscripts possessed by Gessner. They open the door to Gessner's study and to the intellectual world of a fascinating Renaissance scholar.

Bibliography as Topic -- Switzerland. --- Early printed books -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. --- Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565 -- Books and reading. --- Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565 -- Library -- Catalogs. --- Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565. --- History, 16th Century -- Switzerland. --- Libraries -- history -- Switzerland. --- Libraries -- Switzerland -- Catalogs. --- Libraries -- Switzerland -- History -- 16th century. --- Manuscripts -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Catalogs. --- Manuscripts as Topic -- Switzerland. --- Physicians -- history -- Switzerland. --- Private libraries -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Catalogs. --- Private libraries --- Early printed books --- Manuscripts --- Libraries --- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 --- Publication Formats --- Europe --- Humanities --- Information Services --- Publications --- Information Centers --- Health Personnel --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Communications Media --- Publication Characteristics --- Occupational Groups --- Information Science --- Geographic Locations --- Health Care --- Geographicals --- Persons --- Named Groups --- Bibliography as Topic --- Physicians --- Catalogs --- History, 16th Century --- Manuscripts as Topic --- Switzerland --- History --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- General --- Library Catalogs --- Sciences - General --- history --- Gessner, Conrad, --- Library --- Books and reading --- 094:5/6 --- 027.1 <494> --- 017.2 <494> GESSNER, CONRAD --- 610.9 --- 027 --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Exacte en toegepaste wetenschappen --- Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Zwitserland --- Catalogi van persoonsbibliotheken--Zwitserland--GESSNER, CONRAD --- Technology Medicine History --- General Libraries Archives --- 017.2 <494> GESSNER, CONRAD Catalogi van persoonsbibliotheken--Zwitserland--GESSNER, CONRAD --- 027.1 <494> Particuliere bibliotheken. Familiebibliotheken. Personenbibliotheken--Zwitserland --- 094:5/6 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Exacte en toegepaste wetenschappen --- Book history --- Gesner, Conrad --- Home libraries --- Libraries, Private --- Book collectors --- Codices --- Books --- Nonbook materials --- Archival materials --- Charters --- Codicology --- Diplomatics --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Paleography --- Transmission of texts --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Bibliography --- Gesner, Konrad --- Gesnerus, Conradus --- Gessner, Konrad --- Gessner, Conrad --- Books and reading. --- private collections --- bookstocks --- Bibliographies as Topic --- Private libraries - Switzerland - Zurich - Catalogs --- Early printed books - Switzerland - Zurich - Bibliography - Catalogs --- Manuscripts - Switzerland - Zurich - Catalogs --- Libraries - Switzerland - History - 16th century --- Libraries - Switzerland - Catalogs --- Bibliographies as Topic - Switzerland --- History, 16th Century - Switzerland --- Libraries - history - Switzerland --- Manuscripts as Topic - Switzerland --- Physicians - history - Switzerland --- Gessner, Conrad, - 1516-1565 - Library - Catalogs --- Gessner, Conrad, - 1516-1565 - Books and reading --- Gessner, Conrad, - 1516-1565 --- private collections [object groupings]