Bibliotheca Pepysiana. a Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys. Volume 2
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana. a Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys. Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Gordon Duff |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 2019-10-04 |
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ISBN | 9781697630701 |
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequeathed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 2 contains a general introduction to the library and its history, including extracts from Pepys's diary, will, and accounts. It then lists and describes the early printed books, with notes as to special features, other extant copies and publication history, among them several liturgical books in the Sarum rite and 1557 editions of Malory's La morte d'Arthur and the works of Thomas More. It also includes an index of printers. This catalogue remains a valuable resource for researchers in early publishing history and seventeenth-century studies.
Bibliotheca Pepysiana
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Gordon Duff |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 2009-07-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781108002042 |
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequeathed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 2 contains a general introduction to the library and its history, including extracts from Pepys's diary, will, and accounts. It then lists and describes the early printed books, with notes as to special features, other extant copies and publication history, among them several liturgical books in the Sarum rite and 1557 editions of Malory's La morte d'Arthur and the works of Thomas More. It also includes an index of printers. This catalogue remains a valuable resource for researchers in early publishing history and seventeenth-century studies.
Bibliotheca Pepysiana
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana PDF eBook |
Author | Montague Rhodes James |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 140 |
Release | 2021-03-16 |
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Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequeathed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 3 lists 51 volumes of medieval manuscripts, some of them consisting of several items bound together. The author, the outstanding palaeographer and prolific writer of catalogues M. R. James, remarks on the almost total absence of Latin liturgical and theological manuscripts, and calls attention to the historical, literary and scientific writings in English and French, several picture-books, an interesting 'scrapbook' and a unique copybook from 1400 included in Pepys' collection. This book continues to be a valuable resource for medievalists and Pepys scholars alike.
Bibliotheca Pepysiana
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana PDF eBook |
Author | Pepys Library |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Early printed books |
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Bibliotheca Pepysiana
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Robson Tanner |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 124 |
Release | 2009-07-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781108002028 |
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequeathed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 1 lists 114 manuscripts relating to maritime and naval matters, a subject of particular interest to Pepys, who was employed by the admiralty. They fall into three main categories: official documents of his own time, other official and unofficial documents that he collected as material for his projected 'History of the Navy', and books and papers that appealed to him but are not directly relevant to naval history. This catalogue remains a valuable resource for researchers in naval history.
Bibliotheca Pepysiana
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Manuscripts |
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Bibliotheca Pepysiana. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys
Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Gordon Duff |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 82 |
Release | 1914 |
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