Cambridge University Library
The Great Collections
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 27 August 1998
- ISBN 9780521626361
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages237 pages
- Size 249x191x26 mm
- Weight 1030 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 152 b/w illus. 89 colour illus. 0
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Short description:
Extensively illustrated with over 200 photographs, this book is a celebration of the treasures of Cambridge University Library by a group of eminent scholars.
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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 200 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.
'The book is splendidly produced. It is a credit to Cambridge University Press and is embellished with 241 illustrations, sixty-six of them in full colour.' David Vaisey, The Times Literary Supplement
Table of Contents:
Introduction Peter Fox; 1. History of the library David McKitterick; 2. The 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 John M. Mackenzie; 13. But scientists are human: some insights into the progress of science Alan Cook; 14. The University archives (what are they, anyway?) Elisabeth Leedham-Green; 15. The University Library and its buildings Christopher Brooke.
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