A Brief History of the Bodleian Library / Mary Clapinson
2015, First Edition. Oxford: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. SIGNED card (loosely inserted) with a lengthy inscription etc. to author/biographer Chris Viveash. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #378805
ISBN: 9781851242733
Physical description: v, 202 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English. Contents: 1. The early years, 1602--1652 -- 2. Consolidation, 1652--1700 -- 3. The eighteenth century -- 4. The nineteenth century -- 5.A new century and a New Bodleian, 1912--1945 -- 6. Expansion and modernization, 1945--2002. Subjects: Bodleian Library History. Bodleian Library. University of Oxford Library resources History.
Price: €48.95