The histories and contents of some very ancient libraries in Kent, England and where some of their contents may be found.

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The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover is a fascinating look at two of England's most important historical libraries. With its detailed catalogues and meticulous research, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of books and libraries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine's Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin's Priory at Dover; Now first Collected and Published With an Introduction and Identifications of the Extant Remains There will be some, however, who do not desire to go very deeply into medieval bibliography, but who will be interested in books of some special class. They will seek to know, for instance, what classical authors were read or owned by the Canterbury monks. For these the task is not so heavy. The catalogues before us, notably that of St Augus tine's, are to a great extent subject - catalogues and a glance at the analytical table which follows this preface will show where groups of books of a given type may be found. They will need, it is true, to read through a considerable portion of the larger catalogue of Christ Church in order to make their survey complete: but, after all, the time spent in this will be very little longer than that required for looking up a series of references in an index. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.