Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge - Volume 3 : Prints and Drawings ; Part 2 : Portraits

Chamberlain, Eric (comp.); Pepys Library

ISBN 10: 0859913325 / ISBN 13: 9780859913324

Published by Woodbridge : D. S. Brewer, 1994

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Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Physical description: xxi, 259 p. ; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue. Subjects: Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703 Library; Catalogs; Library Catalogs; Pepys Library Catalogues; Magdalene College (University of Cambridge); Early printed books; Manuscripts England Cambridge; Broadsides England Cambridge; Bibliography; Ballads, English; Facsimiles; Portrait prints England Cambridge; Portrait prints Public collections Great Britain; Engraving Public collections Great Britain; Portraits Public collections Great Britain. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge - Volume 3 : Prints and Drawings ; Part 2 : Portraits
• Publisher: Woodbridge : D. S. Brewer
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859913325
• ISBN 13: 9780859913324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.

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Synopsis

Catalogue of all the portraits in Pepys's library including Pepys's `Collection of Heads'. This volume consists primarily of a descriptive catalogue of the threealbums which Pepys entitled `My Collection of Heads in Taille-Douce& Drawings...' (2978-2980), put together, according to the title-page, in 1700, three years before he died. To this has been added a catalogue of the much larger number of portraits to be found elsewhere in the Library, principally in the printed books. For convenience of reference this stray material has been conflated with the subject index of the albums. In this way all portraits in the Library are catalogued without obscuring the principles on which the albums were designed. ERIC CHAMBERLAIN was formerly keeper of prints at the FitzwilliamMuseum, Cambridge.