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Title

The English library before 1700 : studies in its history / edited by Francis Wormald and C. E. Wright.

Physical description

xi, 273 pages, 22 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Bibliography, etc. note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-258) and index.

Formatted contents note

Contents: The monastic library -- The bibliography of the manuscript book -- The universities and the mediaeval library -- The contents of the mediaeval library -- The private collector and the revival of Greek learning -- The preservation of the classics -- The dispersal of the libraries in the sixteenth century -- The Elizabethan society of antiquaries and the formation of the Cottonian library -- The libraries of Cambridge, 1570-1700 -- Oxford libraries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

Provenance

Bookplate and inscription of Suzanne Eward.

Subject

Libraries England History.

Added entry--name

Wormald, Francis, 1904-1972 editor.

Added entry--name

Wright, C. E. (Cyril Ernest) editor.

Added entry--name

Eward, Suzanne Mary, 1944-2021 former owner.

Added entry--name

Eward, Paul donor.

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035##$a(OCoLC)14607612

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24504$aThe English library before 1700 :$bstudies in its history /$cedited by Francis Wormald and C. E. Wright.

264#1$aLondon :$bUniversity of London, The Athlone Press,$c1958.

300##$axi, 273 pages, 22 pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c22 cm

504##$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [257]-258) and index.

5050#$aThe monastic library -- The bibliography of the manuscript book -- The universities and the mediaeval library -- The contents of the mediaeval library -- The private collector and the revival of Greek learning -- The preservation of the classics -- The dispersal of the libraries in the sixteenth century -- The Elizabethan society of antiquaries and the formation of the Cottonian library -- The libraries of Cambridge, 1570-1700 -- Oxford libraries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

561##$aBookplate and inscription of Suzanne Eward.

650#0$aLibraries$zEngland$xHistory.

7001#$aWormald, Francis, 1904-1972,$eeditor.

7001#$aWright, C. E.$q(Cyril Ernest)$eeditor.

7001#$aEward, Suzanne Mary,$d1944-2021$eformer owner.

7001#$aEward, Paul,$edonor.