William Roscoe and the Liverpool Athenaeum
Contemporary Review › Band 291 Nr. 1694, Oktober 2009
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On a recent visit, I ran my eyes along a shelf of rare books, and spotted Don Quixote illustrated by Gustave Dore (approximately four inches wide and fifteen inches high), a three-volume study of eighteenth-century English furniture, and A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte in four beautifully bound volumes (each one approximately two inches wide and twelve inches high). When Roscoe was forced to sell his books and his art collection (due to the failure of a bank he had invested in), many of his friends and associates among Liverpool's Nonconformist Radical merchants clubbed together to buy them.
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William Roscoe and the Liverpool Athenaeum
THE Liverpool Athenaeum was founded in 1797 by some of the city's wealthy merchants, making it one of the oldest private members clubs still in existence - and almost thirty years older than the Athenaeum Club in London. Liverpool's gentry were seeking tranquil yet elegant surroundings in which to escape from the hustle and bustle of this thriving port city on England's north-west coast. But they also had a more serious purpose the exchange of ideas and information, both commercial and intellectual.
To raise funds for the venture a company was set up and shares were sold. As the document sent to potential subscribers said: 'It has often been a matter of surprise to many of the inhabitants of this place . ...Siehe den Gesamtinhalt dieses Dokumentes
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