Cambridge University Library: A History 2 Volume Paperback Set
A History
Will be published approx. on 4. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
1354 pages
978-0-521-17472-5 (ISBN)
Description
Of all the departments in the University of Cambridge, the University Library is by far the oldest. The first volume in this set traces its evolution from its hesitant beginnings to its designation as a place of copyright deposit in the legislation of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The second volume takes the history of the Library from the time of the Copyright Act of Queen Anne and the gift by King George I of the celebrated book collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, to the end of the nineteenth century when the Library's place within the University and the scholarly world was well established. The text examines how the Library responded to educational reforms, charts the growth of collections and shows how the needs of undergraduates were answered in an international research library. Both volumes were originally published in 1986.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 89 mm
Weight
2200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-17472-5 (9780521174725)
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Content
Volume 1: List of illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. The beginnings; 2. From Rotherham to Tunstal; 3. The library during the English Reformation; 4. The Restoration of the library in 1574; 5. Perne's work continued: 1577-98; 6. Futilities and frustrations, 1600-28; 7. Abraham Whelock; 8. Abraham Whelock continued; 9. Orientalia; 10. The Lambeth Library at Cambridge; 11. Some memorials of benefactors, 1653-9; 12. The work undone, 1659-64; 13. The library of Richard Holdsworth; 14. Henry Lucas and Tobias Rustat; 15. Peachey succeeds Dobson: Hacket's request; 16. Miscellaneous accessions, 1664-84; 17. From Robert Peachey to John Laughton; 18. Into the eighteenth century; Appendix; Index of manuscripts; General index. Volume 2: List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: national expectations; 2. The Copyright Act of 1710; 3. John Moore and his circle; 4. The making of the Royal Library; 5. The challenge of the Royal Library; 6. Benefactors, curiosities and strangers; 7. New buildings and old problems; 8. Richard Farmer; 9. Thomas Kerrich; 10. The national stage: the Copyright Act of 1814; 11. The end of the old regime; 12. 'Doctrinae et scientiae incrementa'; 13. Joseph Power and the distribution of responsibility; 14. The copyright agency; 15. New directions; 16. Turbulent years: J. E. B. Mayor; 17. Bradshaw in command; 18. Other men's flowers; 19. Bradshaw at bay; Appendix: list of librarians, 1686-1886; Index of manuscripts; General index.