Comment

Abstract

BEFORE THE French Revolution a number of libraries were open to the public, often the result of public‐spirited donations on the part of local men of letters or wealthy bourgeois. Books were generally scholarly and of little interest to the majority of the population, who for the most part were in any case illiterate.

Citation

Barnett, G., Hendry, J.D., Duckworth, A., Smith, G.M. and Jackaman, P. (1977), "Comment", New Library World, Vol. 78 No. 10, pp. 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038367