Bibliograph

Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years, The Sandars Lectures 1978–9, Philip Gaskell

Type

Label

Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years, The Sandars Lectures 1978–9, Philip Gaskell

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1097087254

Responsibility statement

Philip Gaskell

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. History of Printing, Publishing and LibrariesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

The Sandars Lectures 1978–9

Summary

Philip Gaskell (1926–2001) acknowledges in his Preface that 'one period in the history of one college library may not seem much of a subject for a book', but, as his 1980 study shows, Trinity College Library has a history well worth investigating. Gaskell, a former Librarian and Fellow of Trinity College, details how this library grew from small beginnings in the mid-sixteenth century into arguably the greatest of all Oxford and Cambridge college libraries. He links the growth of the library to the intellectual life of the college at that time, outlining the achievements of a number of eminent Trinity men in advancing England's spiritual, intellectual and scientific development: Cartwright, Whitgift, Coke, Bacon, Essex, George Herbert, Ray, Barrow and Newton. This is a fascinating insight into the early history and accumulation of a college library now outstandingly rich both in contents and in setting.--, Provided by publisher

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