The confiscated library of William Macintosh in the Bibliothèque municipale d’Avignon. / Keighren, Innes M.
In: The Library: Transactions of The Bibliographical Society, Vol. 22, No. 2, 08.06.2021, p. 197–216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The confiscated library of William Macintosh in the Bibliothèque municipale d’Avignon. / Keighren, Innes M.
In: The Library: Transactions of The Bibliographical Society, Vol. 22, No. 2, 08.06.2021, p. 197–216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The confiscated library of William Macintosh in the Bibliothèque municipale d’Avignon
AU - Keighren, Innes M.
PY - 2021/6/8
Y1 - 2021/6/8
N2 - In 1795, the private library of William Macintosh, author of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa (1782), was seized from his home in Avignon by the revolutionary authorities. Using the inventory of this seizure as a guide, this note presents a reconstruction of Macintosh’s library and identifies those books that exist today in the collections of the Bibliothèque municipale d’Avignon.
AB - In 1795, the private library of William Macintosh, author of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa (1782), was seized from his home in Avignon by the revolutionary authorities. Using the inventory of this seizure as a guide, this note presents a reconstruction of Macintosh’s library and identifies those books that exist today in the collections of the Bibliothèque municipale d’Avignon.
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 197
EP - 216
JO - The Library: Transactions of The Bibliographical Society
JF - The Library: Transactions of The Bibliographical Society
IS - 2
ER -