‘Ye Best Tast of Books & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’: The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676–1692

Mary Chadwick; Shaun Evans

doi:10.4324/9780429489600-6

‘Ye Best Tast of Books & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’: The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676–1692

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Abstract

Using correspondence and library catalogues, this chapter explores the construction of the seventeenth-century library of Sir Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, in North Wales. Challenging the widely held notion that members of the Welsh gentry were thoroughly anglicised, we argue that Mostyn’s acquisition and uses of his books and manuscripts show clearly that he was committed to furthering and supporting Welsh history and scholarship, and that he looked beyond England to glean news and texts from Europe and the wider world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900
Editors	Annika Bautz, James Gregory
Place of Publication	New York & Abingdon
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	5
Pages	87-103
Number of pages	17
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429489600
ISBN (Print)	9781138593190
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429489600-6
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2018

Publication series

Name	Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Publisher	Routledge

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Mary Chadwick
- M.Chadwick2@hud.ac.uk
- Department of History, English, Linguistics and Music - Research Fellow
- School of Music, Humanities and Media
- Centre for International Contemporary Poetry - Member
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Chadwick, M., & Evans, S. (2018). ‘Ye Best Tast of Books & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’: The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676–1692. In A. Bautz, & J. Gregory (Eds.), Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900 (1 ed., pp. 87-103). (Routledge Studies in Cultural History). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429489600-6

Chadwick, Mary ; Evans, Shaun. / ‘Ye Best Tast of Books & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’ : The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676–1692. Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900. editor / Annika Bautz ; James Gregory. 1. ed. New York & Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. pp. 87-103 (Routledge Studies in Cultural History).

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‘Ye Best Tast of Books & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’ : The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676–1692. / Chadwick, Mary; Evans, Shaun.

Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900. ed. / Annika Bautz; James Gregory. 1. ed. New York & Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. p. 87-103 (Routledge Studies in Cultural History).

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Chadwick M, Evans S. ‘Ye Best Tast of Books & Learning of Any Other Country Gentn’: The Library of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith, c.1676–1692. In Bautz A, Gregory J, editors, Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900. 1 ed. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 2018. p. 87-103. (Routledge Studies in Cultural History). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429489600-6