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3 - Books in Abundance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2022

David McKitterick
David McKitterick
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University of Cambridge
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How many books existed by the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1837? How many new titles and new editions were published each year? In Britain? In France? Elsewhere overseas? No-one knew the answers to such questions, and there was no way of discovering them.

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BibliometricsModern manufactureCritical awareness of the past
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Readers in a Revolution
Bibliographical Change in the Nineteenth Century
 , pp. 36 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Books in Abundance
  • David McKitterick, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Readers in a Revolution
  • Online publication: 06 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009200882.004
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  • Books in Abundance
  • David McKitterick, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Readers in a Revolution
  • Online publication: 06 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009200882.004
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  • Books in Abundance
  • David McKitterick, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Readers in a Revolution
  • Online publication: 06 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009200882.004
Available formats
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