Cambridge University Library
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.
- Eminent scholars writing on collections at Cambridge University Library
- Extensively illustrated with over 200 photographs, some published for the first time
- Covers entire range of library's holdings, from earliest manuscripts to contemporary writers and politicians
Reviews & endorsements
'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
Product details
August 1998Hardback
9780521626361
237 pages
249 × 191 × 26 mm
1.03kg
152 b/w illus. 89 colour illus.
Unavailable - out of print June 2010
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.
