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The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 2 : A Descriptive Catalogue (Classic Reprint) pdf

The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 2 : A Descriptive Catalogue (Classic Reprint) pdf

The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 2 : A Descriptive Catalogue (Classic Reprint) by Montague Rhodes James

The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 2 : A Descriptive Catalogue (Classic Reprint)
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Author: Montague Rhodes James
Number of Pages: 462 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781331931805
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Excerpt from The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 2: A Descriptive Catalogue A few words as to the arrangement and provenance of the books in Class R may be not unwelcome. In the first two shelves are the accessions of recent date (none earlier than 1800). A very large proportion of these were the gifts of Mr Samuel Sandars, a generous benefactor alike to his College and to his University. The third and following shelves contain books the bulk of which are to be found in Bernard's Catalogi of 1697. The principal donor, so far as numbers are concerned, was Sir Henry Puckering alias Newton, for particulars of whose life the Dictionary of National Biography may be consulted. He gave his library to the College in 1691. Many of the manuscripts were inherited by him from his father, Sir Adam Newton (d. 1630), who was at various times tutor to Prince Henry, Dean of Durham, Secretary to the Council, and Secretary to the Marches of Wales. Puckering was no collector of antiquities. Hardly any of his books are earlier than the seventeenth century: but his collection is made remarkable by the presence in it of the famous Milton manuscript. The numerous books connected with Prince Henry have also an interest of their own: and the considerable mass of Italian documents probably contains a good deal of interesting matter of which hitherto not much use has been made. The scribe of many of the Italian treatises was Jacopo di Castelvetro, who for some time taught Italian at Cambridge. His diary is among the Harleian Manuscripts (no. 3344). Other donors who come before us in this Class for the first time are Thomas Whalley, Vice-Master of the College (1637), whose tastes appear to have run in the direction of alchemy, and John Wilson, Fellow (B.A. 1717), a collector of old medical books. The gifts of Whitgift and Nevile are less numerous than in Class B: but Willmer's assume greater importance, including as they do four precious volumes of English poetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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