Download or read book Why Modern Manuscripts Matter written by Kathryn Sutherland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the cultural value of literary manuscripts that explores why they are traded, conserved, and coveted. It focuses on the history of manuscript collection from the late seventeenth to the early eighteenth century, and the emerging strains of commercial, aesthetic, and heritage value driving it.