A brief history of the Bodleian Library / Mary Clapinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clapinson, Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bodleian Library--History.

Bodleian Library.

Academic libraries--England--Oxford--History.

Academic libraries.

History.

England--Oxford.

Manuscript (Bodleian Library).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

v, 202 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2015.

Summary:

Spanning more than four hundred years, this succinct account, illustrated with historical prints, portraits of formidable librarians and photographs of some of the Library's most treasured items, traces the development of the Bodleian's superb collections and historic buildings from its foundation by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1602 to the present day. Each chapter includes fascinating details about the lives and eccentricities of the people who have shaped the development of the Library, including Bodley's vision that it should serve the 'republic of the learned', Charles I's unsuccessful attempt to borrow a book, the story of how the Library came to have not one, but two copies of Shakespeare's First Folio and the fiasco surrounding King George VI's opening of the New Bodleian in 1946. This book offers the perfect introduction to the story of how the Library came to be the world-renowned institution it is today. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The early years, 1602-1652 1

2 Consolidation, 1652-1700 38

3 The eighteenth century 60

4 The nineteenth century 85

5 A new century and a New Bodleian, 1912-1945 124

6 Expansion and modernization, 1945-2002 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1851242732

9781851242733

OCLC:

887941024

Publisher Number:

99962336992