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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1982. Cloth, 4to, 32 cm,. xiv, 599 pp, 1 plate. From the blurb: "There was certainly a collection of books at Lincoln Cathedral in the twelfth century, and its origins were perhaps earlier still; but little interest seems to have been taken in building up the library until the second half of the seventeenth century, with the appointment in 1660 of the bibliophile Michael Honywood, a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, as Dean. The present Wren Library's collection of some 8,000 printed books is based largely on his private library, bequeathed to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln on his death in 1681. Much of Honywood's library was put together during seventeen years of voluntary exile in the Low Countries from 1643. It is consequently rich in sixteenth- and seventeenth- century continental literature, including rare Italian plays, European pamphlets and broadsides interpreting the English political situation, a collection of…
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Catalogue of the Wren Library of Lincoln Cathedral: Books Printed Before 1801 Hardcover - 1983
by Clive Hurst (Editor)
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A continuation of the grand conspiracy, by J. A[llington].
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- Title Catalogue of the Wren Library of Lincoln Cathedral: Books Printed Before 1801
- Author Clive Hurst (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 616
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date February 28, 1983
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521234801 / 0521234808
- Weight 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
- Dimensions 11.81 x 7.09 x 1.85 in (30.00 x 18.01 x 4.70 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Lincoln Cathedral - Catalogs, Early printed books - England - Lincoln -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 81021669
- Dewey Decimal Code 016.094
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1982. Cloth, 4to, 32 cm,. xiv, 599 pp, 1 plate. From the blurb: "There was certainly a collection of books at Lincoln Cathedral in the twelfth century, and its origins were perhaps earlier still; but little interest seems to have been taken in building up the library until the second half of the seventeenth century, with the appointment in 1660 of the bibliophile Michael Honywood, a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, as Dean. The present Wren Library's collection of some 8,000 printed books is based largely on his private library, bequeathed to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln on his death in 1681. Much of Honywood's library was put together during seventeen years of voluntary exile in the Low Countries from 1643. It is consequently rich in sixteenth- and seventeenth- century continental literature, including rare Italian plays, European pamphlets and broadsides interpreting the English political situation, a collection of…
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