Knihobot

Donald Jackson Kerr

    Donald Kerr je vášnivým knihovníkem se zájmem o sběratele knih, sběratelský fenomén a formování soukromých knihoven. Jeho práce se soustředí na historii sběratelství a na významné postavy v této oblasti. Prostřednictvím svého bádání odhaluje fascinující svět lidí, kteří se věnují shromažďování a uchovávání literárních pokladů. Jeho hluboké porozumění knižní kultuře obohacuje čtenáře o nový pohled na hodnotu a historii knih.

    Hocken
    Awakening a Curate's Library
    Life in a Shell: A Physiologist's View of a Turtle
    A Sportsman's Journey
    • 2022

      Awakening a Curate's Library

      The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887) His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand

      • 378 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      The book delves into the life of Rev. William Arderne Shoults, highlighting his remarkable book collection of around 5,600 items, which includes medieval manuscripts, incunables, and texts on various subjects. It chronicles his education at St. John's College, his work in London's poorer parishes, and his connections with notable figures like Rev. Joseph Leycester Lyne. Additionally, it covers his marriage and travels, including a visit to the Vatican Library. Following his death, his collection was donated to Selwyn College in New Zealand, showcasing the achievements of a 19th-century curate.

      Awakening a Curate's Library
    • 2021

      Lyrically and spiritually connects readers with the natural world. Donald Jackson explores the rhythms and ways of hunting and fishing, particularly in America's Deep South, and in so doing helps readers understand and find meaning in why hunters and anglers venture far afield.

      A Sportsman's Journey
    • 2015

      Hocken

      • 424 stránek
      • 15 hodin čtení

      Dr Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910) arrived in Dunedin in 1862, aged 26. Throughout his busy life as a medical practitioner he amassed books, manuscripts, sketches, maps and photographs of early New Zealand. Much of his initial collecting focused on the early discovery narratives of James Cook; along with the writings of Rev. Samuel Marsden and his contemporaries; Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the New Zealand Company; and Maori, especially in the south. He gifted his collection to the University of Otago in 1910. Hocken was a contemporary of New Zealand's other two notable early book collectors, Sir George Grey and Alexander Turnbull. In this magnificent piece of research, a companion volume to his Amassing Treasures for All Times: Sir George Grey, colonial bookman and collector, Donald Kerr examines Hocken's collecting activities and his vital contribution to preserving the history of New Zealand's early post-contact period.

      Hocken
    • 2013