The Bodleian Library: A Subject Guide to the Collections.

Walker, Gregory; Mary Clapinson; Lesley Forbes

ISBN 10: 1851240799 / ISBN 13: 9781851240791

Published by Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2004

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240 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bodleian Library: A Subject Guide to the Collections.
• Publisher: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851240799
• ISBN 13: 9781851240791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very good+ condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+ condition (DJ)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Collecting and Reference

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Synopsis

This is the first systematic subject guide to the contents of the oldest and largest academic research library in Britain. The work of forty Bodleian specialist staff (past and present), it describes the Library's collections as they are today in the historical context of four hundred years of acquisition. Each of the 29 chapters gives an account of the growth, character and special strengths of the Bodleian's holdings, whether in a particular subject (e.g. English Literature, Law or Music), dealing with a particular area (e.g. North America, East Asia), or as special types of material (e.g. Pictorial Resources, Printed Ephemera). The Guide's long-term reference function is enhanced by a General Bibliography and a descriptive list of over 400 of the principal special collections. In addition, each chapter includes a bibliography of other published treatments, catalogues and finding aids relating to the Library's holdings in that subject. There is a full index. This guide gives a comprehensive overview of the development of the Bodleian's collections, allowing the reader to appreciate within the space of a single volume the intellectual content of the Library.

About the Author

Gregory Walker is former Head of Management Collection in the Bodleian Library. Mary Clapinson is former Keeper of Western Manuscripts and Special Collections in the Bodleian Library. Lesley Forbes is Keeper of Oriental Collections in the Bodleian Library.