Early Records of Sir Robert Cottons Library: Formation, Cataloguing and Use

Tite, Colin G. C.

ISBN 10: 0712348247 / ISBN 13: 9780712348249

Editore: British Library Publishing Division, 2003

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0712348247.

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• Titolo: Early Records of Sir Robert Cottons Library: Formation, Cataloguing and Use
• Editore: British Library Publishing Division
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0712348247
• ISBN 13: 9780712348249
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Fair
• Peso: 1000 grammi
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Riassunto

Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s and the dispersal of their libraries, a number of British collectors set to work to recover as much as possible. Of their second generation, Sir Robert Cotton (1571–1631) was an outstanding member, also acquiring a wide range of other material. Indeed, so important was his library that it became one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753. Significant records – never previously studied as a whole – survive from the early years of Cotton's library and this book edits and analyses these, throwing important new light on Sir Robert, his son and grandson as collectors, and providing much fresh evidence on the history of their collection and its development.

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Colin G.C. Tite has worked extensively on the Cotton Library.

Colin G.C. Tite has worked extensively on the Cotton Library.