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A young woman (Miss Jones) reading. Mezzotint, 17--, after Catherine Read.
Read, Catherine, 1723-1778.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 27964i
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Owners, annotators and the signs of reading / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote.
Date: [2005], ©2005
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Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by L.M. Halbou after Molenchon after A. van der Werff.
Werff, Adriaen van der, 1659-1722.Date: [1805]Reference: 6653i
Part of: Musée français.
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A man checking a book out of a public library gains the equivalent of going on holiday. Pen and ink drawing by Steve Simpson and Robert D. Dangoor, 2012.
Dangoor, Robert D., 1953-Date: [2012]Reference: 824349i
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The case for books : past, present, future / Robert Darnton.
Darnton, Robert.Date: [2009], ©2009
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Bio auto graphic. Sitting ruminations issue / by Michael C. Nicholson.
Nicholson, Michael C. (Michael Christopher), 1962-Date: 2006
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Le livre d'enfance et de jeunesse en France / sous la direction de Jean Glénisson et Ségolène Le Men.
Date: 1994
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A seated woman in a tall hat reading a book: the Libyan sibyl. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 178-, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 2804069i
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A young shepherdess reading an improving book while looking after her flock. Line engraving by C. Mellan, 1680.
Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688.Date: [1680]Reference: 672373i
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A woman reads a book during her toilet and does not concentrate on what she is doing. Aquatint.
Reference: 30689i
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A man wearing night-dress reading a play. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J.F. de Göz.
Goez, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von, 1754-1815.Date: [1784?]Reference: 2957116i
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Dr. Marsh. Photograph by Maull & Co.
Reference: 13190i
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A man who is trying to read being disturbed by a family in conversation. Wood engraving by Swain after F. Barnard.
Barnard, Frederick, 1846-1896.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 27072i
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Excursions in Libraria : being restrospective reviews and bibliographical notes / by G.H. Powell.
Powell, G. H. (George Herbert), 1856-1924.Date: 1895
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A man in nightclothes yawning from reading a volume of 'Sleepy sermons'. Mezzotint, ca. 1771.
Date: [1771?]Reference: 2168634i
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An old man is reading while his valets are attending to his toilet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.Date: 1812/1888Reference: 567187i
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An ancient oak tree in Gianicolo, Rome, associated with Torquato Tasso and Saint Philip Neri. Etching by J.G. Strutt, 1842.
Strutt, Jacob George, 1790-1864.Date: [1842?]Reference: 2939736i
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Saint Mary Magdalen. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
Correggio, 1489?-1534.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2489339i
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A view of the pleasures arising from a love of books: in letters to a lady / By the Rev. Edward Mangin.
Mangin, Edward, 1772-1852.Date: [1814]
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A pool surrounded by a rocky embankment thickly wooded with trees, in which a monk reads from a book and another monk stands in front of him. Engraving by W. Woollett and W. Ellis, 1778, after R. Wilson.
Wilson, Richard, 1713-1782.Date: 4 June, 1778Reference: 3162958i
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Writer and public in France : from the Middle Ages to the present day / by John Lough.
Lough, John.Date: 1978
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An old woman falling asleep over reading a book. Etching by F. Novelli after Rembrandt van Rijn.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Reference: 16081i
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A mullah (Muslim scholar) reading a book. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 582547i
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An ancient oak tree in Gianicolo, Rome, associated with Torquato Tasso and Saint Philip Neri. Etching by J.G. Strutt, 1842.
Strutt, Jacob George, 1790-1864.Date: [1842]Reference: 2939511i
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12 books that changed the world / Melvyn Bragg.
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-Date: 2006

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A young woman (Miss Jones) reading. Mezzotint, 17--, after Catherine Read.

Owners, annotators and the signs of reading / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote.

Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by L.M. Halbou after Molenchon after A. van der Werff.

A man checking a book out of a public library gains the equivalent of going on holiday. Pen and ink drawing by Steve Simpson and Robert D. Dangoor, 2012.

The case for books : past, present, future / Robert Darnton.

Bio auto graphic. Sitting ruminations issue / by Michael C. Nicholson.

Le livre d'enfance et de jeunesse en France / sous la direction de Jean Glénisson et Ségolène Le Men.

A seated woman in a tall hat reading a book: the Libyan sibyl. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 178-, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

A young shepherdess reading an improving book while looking after her flock. Line engraving by C. Mellan, 1680.

A woman reads a book during her toilet and does not concentrate on what she is doing. Aquatint.

A man wearing night-dress reading a play. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J.F. de Göz.

Dr. Marsh. Photograph by Maull & Co.

A man who is trying to read being disturbed by a family in conversation. Wood engraving by Swain after F. Barnard.

Excursions in Libraria : being restrospective reviews and bibliographical notes / by G.H. Powell.

A man in nightclothes yawning from reading a volume of 'Sleepy sermons'. Mezzotint, ca. 1771.

An old man is reading while his valets are attending to his toilet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.

An ancient oak tree in Gianicolo, Rome, associated with Torquato Tasso and Saint Philip Neri. Etching by J.G. Strutt, 1842.

Saint Mary Magdalen. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

A view of the pleasures arising from a love of books: in letters to a lady / By the Rev. Edward Mangin.

A pool surrounded by a rocky embankment thickly wooded with trees, in which a monk reads from a book and another monk stands in front of him. Engraving by W. Woollett and W. Ellis, 1778, after R. Wilson.

Writer and public in France : from the Middle Ages to the present day / by John Lough.

An old woman falling asleep over reading a book. Etching by F. Novelli after Rembrandt van Rijn.

A mullah (Muslim scholar) reading a book. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

An ancient oak tree in Gianicolo, Rome, associated with Torquato Tasso and Saint Philip Neri. Etching by J.G. Strutt, 1842.

12 books that changed the world / Melvyn Bragg.