volume 68 no 1
spring 2019
Women’s Issue ‘What would you with the princess? Nothing but peace and gentle visitation’
(Love’s Labour’s Lost, v. 2)
You Can’t Do It Alone Lisa Baskin . . . . . . . . 11 The Ballerina and the Book: from the Ballet de Cour to the Ballets Russes and Beyond Moira Goff . . . . . . . . . . 21 Alchemy in Britain: a Collective Story Anke Timmermann . . . 32 Pavement Nymphs and Roadside Flowers: Prostitutes in Paris after the Revolution Victoria Dailey . . . . . . . . . 47 Belton House: National Trust Libraries 10 Peter Hoare . . . . 67 The Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930 Spencer W. Stuart . . . . 85 Oscar Wilde at the British Library: Reflections on the Mary Eccles Collection John Stokes . . . . . . . . . . 93 The Property of a Lady: Women as Owners of Fine Bindings Mirjam Foot . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 The Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar Silke Lohmann . . 121 A Presentation Copy to Sarah Sophia Banks, 1806. English & Foreign Bookbindings Karen Limper-Herz . . . . 129
news & comment 138 ● sales 164 ● exhibitions 175 ● letters 180 ● notes & queries 181 ● book reviews 183 ● notes on contributors 197 ● list of advertisers 208
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