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| Genre/Form: | Bibliography Catalogs |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Fox |
| ISBN: | 0521626366 9780521626361 0521626471 9780521626477 |
| OCLC Number: | 39980080 |
| Description: | 231 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / Peter Fox -- 1. History of the Library / David McKitterick -- 2. Codex Bezae / David Parker -- 3. Illuminated medieval manuscripts / George Henderson -- 4. The Genizah fragments: a unique archive? / Stefan C. Reif -- 5. Printed books 1450-1550 / Dennis E. Rhodes -- 6. The Royal Library: John Moore and his books / Jayne Ringrose -- 7. The Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France / Michael Twyman -- 8. Agriculture, food and famine in Japan / Peter Kornicki -- 9. The Darwin Papers / Frederick Burkhardt -- 10. The Acton Library / Owen Chadwick -- 11. The Stefan Heym Archive / Peter Hutchinson -- 12. The Royal Commonwealth Society Library / John M. Mackenzie |
| Responsibility: | edited by Peter Fox. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Cambridge University Library is one of the world's great research libraries. This book is a celebration of the treasures of the library from the perspective of a group of eminent scholars who actively use the collections for research. Chapters have been selected to illustrate the vast range of the library's collections: from the fifth-century Codex Bezae to the archives of contemporary writers and politicians; from medieval manuscripts to the letters of Charles Darwin; on history, theology, politics, sociology, art history, biology, agriculture, mathematics and astronomy.
Extensively illustrated with over two hundred photographs, many of them in colour and published for the first time, Cambridge University Library: The Great Collections offers a unique perspective on a remarkable institution.
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- Cambridge University Library.
- Academic libraries -- England -- Cambridge.
- Library resources -- England -- Cambridge.
- Rare books -- England -- Cambridge -- Bibliography.
- Manuscripts -- England -- Cambridge -- Catalogs.
- Bibliotheekcollecties.
- Cambridge / Universitätsbibliothek.
- Zimelie.
- University of Cambridge. -- Library -- Catalogues.
- University of Cambridge. -- Library -- Fonds documentaires.
- Livres rares -- Angleterre (GB) -- Catalogues.
- Cambridge University Library -- History.
- Academic libraries -- England -- Cambridge -- History.
- Books -- England -- Cambridge -- Bibliography.
