Author: Mary Elizabeth Jane Hughes
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN: 9781857599534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Samuel Pepys's Library, as famous in his own lifetime as it is now, was willed by Pepys to Magdalene, the college he had attended in the 1650s. It finally arrived in 1724 to be housed in a handsome new building. A remarkable collection of some 3,000 items, the library includes medieval manuscripts and early printed books by Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde; a naval collection, reflecting Pepys's role as Secretary to the Admiralty; works by Pepys's contemporaries and members of the Royal Society, including Newton's Principia Mathematica; and an unrivalled array of ephemera - letters, playbills and invitations. Alongside the Pepys Library, Magdalene has an impressive historic collection, housed in the beautiful Old Library rooms. Evolving from a series of major benefactions to the college across nearly 500 years, combined with the books routinely acquired for the use of students and scholars in the past, the Old Library contains medieval manuscripts, incunabula, prints and papers, as well as the ancient records of the college. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Library of Samuel Pepys; The Pepys Building; Pepys the Collector; The Diary; Furnishing a Library; The Old Library: Heart of the College; Building a Collection; The Treasures of the Old Library; Special Collections; Objects in the Collections; The Magdalene College Archives; The Work of the Historic Libraries: - Exhibitions, - Conservation, - Scholars and Readers; List of (Fellow) Librarians.
The Pepys Library
Author: Mary Elizabeth Jane Hughes
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN: 9781857599534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Samuel Pepys's Library, as famous in his own lifetime as it is now, was willed by Pepys to Magdalene, the college he had attended in the 1650s. It finally arrived in 1724 to be housed in a handsome new building. A remarkable collection of some 3,000 items, the library includes medieval manuscripts and early printed books by Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde; a naval collection, reflecting Pepys's role as Secretary to the Admiralty; works by Pepys's contemporaries and members of the Royal Society, including Newton's Principia Mathematica; and an unrivalled array of ephemera - letters, playbills and invitations. Alongside the Pepys Library, Magdalene has an impressive historic collection, housed in the beautiful Old Library rooms. Evolving from a series of major benefactions to the college across nearly 500 years, combined with the books routinely acquired for the use of students and scholars in the past, the Old Library contains medieval manuscripts, incunabula, prints and papers, as well as the ancient records of the college. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Library of Samuel Pepys; The Pepys Building; Pepys the Collector; The Diary; Furnishing a Library; The Old Library: Heart of the College; Building a Collection; The Treasures of the Old Library; Special Collections; Objects in the Collections; The Magdalene College Archives; The Work of the Historic Libraries: - Exhibitions, - Conservation, - Scholars and Readers; List of (Fellow) Librarians.
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
ISBN: 9781857599534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Samuel Pepys's Library, as famous in his own lifetime as it is now, was willed by Pepys to Magdalene, the college he had attended in the 1650s. It finally arrived in 1724 to be housed in a handsome new building. A remarkable collection of some 3,000 items, the library includes medieval manuscripts and early printed books by Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde; a naval collection, reflecting Pepys's role as Secretary to the Admiralty; works by Pepys's contemporaries and members of the Royal Society, including Newton's Principia Mathematica; and an unrivalled array of ephemera - letters, playbills and invitations. Alongside the Pepys Library, Magdalene has an impressive historic collection, housed in the beautiful Old Library rooms. Evolving from a series of major benefactions to the college across nearly 500 years, combined with the books routinely acquired for the use of students and scholars in the past, the Old Library contains medieval manuscripts, incunabula, prints and papers, as well as the ancient records of the college. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Library of Samuel Pepys; The Pepys Building; Pepys the Collector; The Diary; Furnishing a Library; The Old Library: Heart of the College; Building a Collection; The Treasures of the Old Library; Special Collections; Objects in the Collections; The Magdalene College Archives; The Work of the Historic Libraries: - Exhibitions, - Conservation, - Scholars and Readers; List of (Fellow) Librarians.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys ...
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Samuel Pepys and His Books
Author: Kate Loveman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198732686
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
"This study uses [Pepys's] surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century"--Back cover.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198732686
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
"This study uses [Pepys's] surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century"--Back cover.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Pepys Ballads
Author: Pepys Library
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781789430981
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Samuel Pepys gives a unique first hand account of life during the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London. Pepys stayed in London while many of the wealthy fled the city in the face of the plague. His careful observation and interest in the details of people's lives as well as the events of the time are unparalleled.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781789430981
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Samuel Pepys gives a unique first hand account of life during the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London. Pepys stayed in London while many of the wealthy fled the city in the face of the plague. His careful observation and interest in the details of people's lives as well as the events of the time are unparalleled.
The Pepys Library
Author: The Pepys library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
The Illustrated Pepys
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520051133
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The social life and customs of 17th Century England are vividly portrayed in these extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520051133
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The social life and customs of 17th Century England are vividly portrayed in these extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys.
The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge
Author: Andrew Boorde
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beards
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beards
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Great Fire of London
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141397551
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141397551
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.