Libraries within the library : the origins of the British Library's printed collections / edited by Giles Mandelbrote and Barry Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mandelbrote, Giles, editor.

Taylor, Barry, 1956 August 28- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British Library--History.

British Library.

Collection management (Libraries)--Great Britain--History.

Collection management (Libraries).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles (some color)

Place of Publication:

London : British Library, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The earliest libraries belonged to temples and administrative bodies, resembled our modern archives, and were usually restricted to the aristocracy, nobility, theologians, and for the use of scholars.Dispersed along the shelves of the British Library today are many volumes that once stood side by side in private libraries. Thiscollection oforiginalessaysexplores some of the most important printed collections whichhave been brought togetherwithin the British Museum Librarysince its foundation in 1753, casting new light on the individuals whose personal interests and taste they reflect.Ranging from the library of Henry VIII to Sir Joseph Banks, and from Sir Hans Sloane to George III, this volumealso acts as a handbook toprovenance within the British Library collections, providing guidance on the interpretation of marks of ownership, stamps, shelfmarks and other forms of evidenceto be found in particular copies."

Contents:

Preface / Sir Colin Lucas

Notes on contributors

Chronology

Abbreviations

Introduction : from texts to collections / David Pearson

The foundation collections. Henry VIII's library and the British Museum duplicate sales : a newly discovered de-accession / James P. Carley ; Isaac Casaubon's library of Hebrew books / Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg ; The printed books of the Cotton family and their dispersal / Colin G.C. Tite ; Printed material and the Cotton manuscripts / Julian Harrison ; Sir Hans Sloane's printed books in the British Library : their identification and associations / Alison Walker ; Sloane's purchases at the sale of Robert Hooke's library / Giles Mandelbrote ; Sloane and the preservation of printed Ephemera / Giles Mandelbrote

The early decades. George Thomason's intentions / Michael Mendle ; Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode / Paul Quarrie ; Sir William Musgrave (1735-1800) and the British Museum Library / C.J. Wright ; The scholarly library and collections of knowledge of Sir Joseph Banks / Rüdiger Joppien and Neil Chambers ; The BM duplicate sales 1769-1832 and their significance for the early collections / T.A. Birrell

The King's Library. The Bibliotheca Smithiana / Lotte Hellinga ; Moving the King's Library : argument and sentiment 1823-1998 / John Goldfinch ; The King's Library / P.R. Harris

Later collections of printed books within the British Museum Library. Thomas Grenville (1755-1846) and his books / Barry Taylor ; Buying at auction : building the British Museum Library's collections in the second half of the nineteenth century / Geoffrey West ; The collections of Sergei Aleksandrovich Sobolevskii (1803-1870) / Chris Thomas ; Libraries in the archives : researching provenance in the British Library invoices / Arnold Hunt

Appendices. Identification of printed books acquired by the British Museum, 1753-1836 / P.R. Harris ; Some contemporary sources for the early history of the British Museum's printed collections / John Goldfinch.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7123-6370-X

OCLC:

925450327