The Lumley Inventory and Pedigree. Art Collecting in the Elizabethan Age
Abstract
Journal of the History of Collections vol. ï²ï² no. ï² (ï²ï°ï±ï°) pp. ï³ï²ïµâï³ï´ï² Book Reviews Mark Evans (ed.), The Lumley Inventory and Pedigree. Art Collecting in the Elizabethan Age. London, The Roxburghe Club, ï²ï°ï±ï°. ISBN ï¹ï·ï¸-ï°-ï¹ï°ï³ï¹ï±ï²-ï±ï±-ï². ï±ï¶ï¸ pp., ï²ïµ b. & w. illus., ï±ï±ï² col. illus. £ï²ï²ï° [available only through Maggs Bros Ltd]. Since ï¬rst meeting as a society on ï±ï¶ June ï±ï¸ï±ï² â the eve of the sale of the greatest private library of its day, that of the ï³rd Duke of Roxburghe â members of the Roxburghe Club have applied themselves to ârescuingâ important early texts by publishing them in book form. Beï¬tting a society of bibliophiles of distinctly aristocratic character (though leavened by a proportion of academics and professionals), the Roxburghe publications, each of which is generally produced by one member primarily for the delectation of the others, have been regarded as exemplars of both scholarly and typographic excellence. Two centuries on, the ï²ï¸ï²nd volume of the Club reï¬ects both its unchanging values and something of the evolving society within which it operates. The sponsor of the present publication, the Hon. James Stourton, yields little in precedence to the cast of noble personalities that dominates