Trinity College Library, Dublin: No 35 (The Irish heritage series) - Softcover

Fox, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0900346442 ISBN 13: 9780900346446

Publisher: Eason & Son Ltd, 1982

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive, scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin. It covers the whole 400 years of the Library's development, from its foundation by James Ussher in the seventeenth century to the electronic revolution of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the buildings and to the politics involved in obtaining funding for them, as well as to the acquisition of the great treasures, such as the Book of Kells and the libraries of Ussher, Claudius Gilbert and Hendrik Fagel. An important aspect is the comprehensive coverage of legal deposit from the beginning of the nineteenth century, viewed for the first time from the Irish perspective. The book also draws parallels with the development of other libraries in Dublin and with those of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and features throughout the individuals who influenced the Library's development - librarians, politicians, readers, book collectors and book thieves.

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Review

'Hugely informative and thoroughly researched.' Irish Times

'Equally at home with incunabula, cataloguing systems and techniques of conservation and digitization, no better analysis of the vicissitudes and riches of the library than Fox can be imagined.' Times Literary Supplement

Book Description

Trinity College Library in Dublin is 400 years old, the largest and oldest library in Ireland and home to the world-famous Book of Kells. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly history of the Library, covering its buildings, collections and characters – librarians, readers, politicians, book-collectors and book-thieves.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eason & Son Ltd
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0900346442
• ISBN 13: 9780900346446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24