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Gaskell, Philip

 
9781108015936: Trinity College Library The First 150 Years: The Sandars Lectures 1978–9

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Gaskell investigates the early history of Trinity College Library and traces its development into the greatest of college libraries.

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Philip Gaskell's 1980 study traces the early history of Trinity College Library, from the time of Henry VIII to the time of Isaac Newton. Gaskell links the accumulation of this outstandingly rich library to the intellectual life of the college, trends in study and fashions in learning.

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1. College libraries in the sixteenth century; 2. The libraries of Michaelhouse and the King's Hall; 3. The establishment of Trinity College Library; 4. The need for books at Trinity in the sixteenth century; 5. The college library in the mid-sixteenth century; 6. The college library in 1600; 7. The development of the collection up to 1600; 8. Private libraries; 9. The new library; 10. Stanhope's librarianship; 11. Collections of manuscripts; 12. The growth of the working collections, 1601–1640; 13. The arrangement of the books, 1601–1640; 14. Administration and reorganisation, 1641–1674; 15. The book stock, 1667–1695; 16. The last years of the new library; Appendices; Index.

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