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9781857597905: Senate House Library, University of London
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ISBN 10 : 1857597907 ISBN 13 : 9781857597905
Editeur : Scala Publishers Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

With over quarter of a million printed items in its special collections, not to mention archives and manuscripts, Senate House Library is among the largest university repositories for early printed books in the United Kingdom. Strengths cover areas as diverse as English literature, magic, mathematical history, and the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature is internationally renowned. Individual gems range from mediaeval manuscripts to books printed by William Caxton, Shakespeare's First Folio,and a presentation copy of Das Kapital. The sixty rare items featured here include a unique fourteenth-century eye-witness account of the Hundred Years War, manuscript drawings by Walter Crane, and Byron's unfinished, unpublished draft for the end of Don Juan. A handwritten letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a roll depicting the funeral of Anne of Cleves in 1557, the sole extant copy of a shorthand manual from 1673, and annotations by Thomas Carlyle join the roll-call of treasures.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With over quarter of a million printed items in its special collections, not to mention archives and manuscripts, Senate House Library is among the largest university repositories for early printed books in the United Kingdom. Strengths cover areas as diverse as English literature, magic, mathematical history, and the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature is internationally renowned. Individual gems range from mediaeval manuscripts to books printed by William Caxton, Shakespeare's First Folio,and a presentation copy of Das Kapital. The sixty rare items featured here include a unique fourteenth-century eye-witness account of the Hundred Years War, manuscript drawings by Walter Crane, and Byron's unfinished, unpublished draft for the end of Don Juan. A handwritten letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a roll depicting the funeral of Anne of Cleves in 1557, the sole extant copy of a shorthand manual from 1673, and annotations by Thomas Carlyle join the roll-call of treasures.

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher Pressler is Director of Senate House Libraries, University of London. Karen Attar is Rare Books Librarian, Senate House Library.

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Éditeur
Scala Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1857597907
ISBN 13 
9781857597905
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
136
Éditeur
Pressler Christopher, Attar Karen
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1857597850 ISBN 13 :  9781857597851
Editeur : Scala Publishers Ltd, 2012
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