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350 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691114170
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 29 April 2012
Description
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible?...
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350 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691114170
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 29 April 2012
Description
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible?...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings