From the Great Desire of Promoting Learning : Thomas Hollis's Gifts to the Harvard College Library
Bond, William H.; Reddick, Allen (INT); Stoneman, William (FRW)
ISBN 10: 0976547295 ISBN 13: 9780976547297
Published by Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, 2010
New
Hardcover
From
GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 28 January 2020
This specific item is no longer available.
About this Item
Description:
Seller Inventory # 5908774-n
Synopsis:
This checklist of Thomas Hollis’s gifts to Harvard College Library documents the generosity and the motives of one of the earliest and one of the greatest donors to Harvard University. Promoting civil and religious liberty, Hollis distributed books in his distinctive binding across Britain, Europe, and the American colonies. Hollis’s aims for Harvard College have received careful attention from historians and bookmen, but the full extent of his donations has not been clear until now.
Thomas Hollis and his books were the subject of William Bond’s 1982 Sandars Lectures in Bibliography at Cambridge University.
About the Authors:
William H. Bond was Librarian of Houghton Library, Emeritus, Harvard University.
Allen Reddick is Professor of English Literature at the University of Zurich.
William P. Stoneman is Florence Fearrington Librarian of Houghton Library, Harvard University.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Bibliographic Details
Title: From the Great Desire of Promoting Learning ...
Publisher: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New