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The fox and the bees : the early library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford : the Lowe lectures 2017 / R.M. Thomson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Folio Z792.O94 T26 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, Rodney M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford). Library.
- Early printed books.
- History.
- England--Oxford.
- Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford). Library--History.
- Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford).
- Early printed books--England--Oxford.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 95 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2018.
- Summary:
- The library of Corpus Christi College is one of the most famous of all of those in Oxford and Cambridge. It is one of the few pre-1600 libraries to survive in something like its original form, and the only one still in use as a library. Its main space is still the original room built in 1517, and its furniture, if not original, is still early, most of it dating from 1604. A high proportion of its earliest book-stock, whether print or manuscript, still survives, and there is a wealth of documentation that makes it possible to chart the process of acquisition, especially the major donations of the Founder, Bishop Fox, and first President, John Claymond. And yet there is no modern, book-length study of the College Library. The present volume is intended to provide a scholarly but attractive and readable account of the Library from its conception in the mind of Richard Fox, to the appearance of its earliest surviving catalogue in 1589. It is extensively illustrated, highlighting the rarely-seen original bindings of the early books.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Michael K. Schaefer Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781843844853
- 1843844850
- OCLC:
- 1038007712
- Publisher Number:
- 99977306612
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