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Trinity College Library. the First 150 Years: The Sandars Lectures 1978 9

Trinity College Library. the First 150 Years: The Sandars Lectures 1978 9

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishi

General ReferenceBritish History

ISBN10: 110801593X
ISBN13: 9781108015936
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 31 2010
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Philip Gaskell (1926-2001) acknowledges in his Preface that 'one period in the history of one college library may not seem much of a subject for a book', but, as his 1980 study shows, Trinity College Library has a history well worth investigating. Gaskell, a former Librarian and Fellow of Trinity College, details how this library grew from small beginnings in the mid-sixteenth century into arguably the greatest of all Oxford and Cambridge college libraries. He links the growth of the library to the intellectual life of the college at that time, outlining the achievements of a number of eminent Trinity men in advancing England's spiritual, intellectual and scientific development: Cartwright, Whitgift, Coke, Bacon, Essex, George Herbert, Ray, Barrow and Newton. This is a fascinating insight into the early history and accumulation of a college library now outstandingly rich both in contents and in setting.

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