The Pepys Library: And the Historic Collections of Magdalene College Cambridge
Language: English
Published by Scala Arts Publishers Inc., 2015
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- Title
- The Pepys Library: And the Historic Collections of Magdalene College Cambridge
- Author
- Hughes, M.E.J.
- Publisher
- Scala Arts Publishers Inc.
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Like New
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1857599535
- ISBN 13
- 9781857599534
- Item weight
- 24 ounces
- Dimensions
- 7x0x10
Alongside the Pepys Library, Magdalene has an impressive historic collection, housed in the beautiful Old Library rooms. Evolving from a series of major benefactions to the college across nearly 500 years, combined with the books routinely acquired for the use of students and scholars in the past, the Old Library contains medieval manuscripts, incunabula, prints and papers, as well as the ancient records of the college.
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; The Library of Samuel Pepys; The Pepys Building; Pepys the Collector; The Diary; Furnishing a Library; The Old Library: Heart of the College; Building a Collection; The Treasures of the Old Library; Special Collections; Objects in the Collections; The Magdalene College Archives; The Work of the Historic Libraries: - Exhibitions, - Conservation, - Scholars and Readers; List of (Fellow) Librarians.
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