Download or read book Catalogue of the books manuscripts maps and drawings in the British Museum Natural History written by British Museum (Natural History) and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University Marston manuscripts written by Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Card Catalog written by The Library of Congress and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the archives of the Library of Congress: “An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers.” —Booklist (starred review) The Library of Congress brings book lovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than two hundred full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world’s most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Packed with engaging facts on literary classics—from Ulysses to The Cat in the Hat to Shakespeare’s First Folio to The Catcher in the Rye—this is an ode to the enduring magic and importance of books. “The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia . . . . The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd’s eye.” —The Washington Post
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Pre 1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library written by Paul Saenger and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-10-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newberry Library in Chicago possesses one of the most distinguished collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in North America. Based on two major private collections of the late nineteenth century—those of Henry Probasco and Edward E. Ayer—and scrupulously added to in this century, the holdings include late medieval bibles and breviaries, books of hours and books of homilies, and seminal texts on astronomy. Some of the books, such as those from the libraries of Philip the Good and Anne of Brittany, are beautifully illuminated. But the collection also includes an unusual array of "typical" medieval books, chosen not for their beauty but for their paleographical, codicological, and textual interest. Such codices include an eleventh-century Carthusian monk, and numerous books of hours adapted for feminine use. Paul Saenger has painstakingly identified the text, illumination, physical structure, and provenance for each of the more than 200 books in the collection to provide an exemplary guide to literate culture in the late Middle Ages. This catalogue, carefully researched and handsomely illustrated, will be an invaluable resource for historians, art historians, paleographers, bibliographers, and collectors.
Download or read book Catalogue of Chinese Printed Books Manuscripts and Drawings in the Library of the British Museum written by Robert Kennaway Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Houghton Library Harvard University written by Cornelius G. Buttimer and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full account of North America’s largest collection of traditional Irish-language manuscripts. Harvard University has the largest collection of Irish-language codices in North America, held in Houghton Library, its rare book repository. The manuscripts are a part of the age-old heritage of Irish book production, dating to the early Middle Ages. Handwritten works in Houghton contain versions of medieval poetry and sagas, recopied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to which period most of the library’s documents belong. Contemporary writings from that time, as well as ones by the post-Famine Irish immigrant community in the United States, are included. This catalogue describes the collection in full for the first time and will be an invaluable aid to research on Irish and Irish American cultural and literary output. The author’s introduction examines how the collection was formed. This untold story is an important chapter in America’s intellectual history, reflecting a phase of unprecedented expansion in Harvard University’s scholarship and teaching during the early twentieth century when the institution’s program of studies began to accommodate an increasing range of European languages and literatures and their sources. This indispensable guide to a major repository’s records of the Irish past, and of America’s Irish diaspora, will interest specialists in early and post-medieval codices. It should prove of relevance as well to scholars and students of comparative literature, cultural studies, and Irish and Irish American history.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce Esq to the Bodleian Library written by Bodleian Library and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reprint of W Shakespere written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bat Books written by J. P. Gumbert and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work represents an important contribution to the history of medieval books, providing full scholarly description and discussion of an otherwise very little known category of written artefact in quasi-book form, but one that the 60-odd identified examples suggest was relatively common. This volume will be of interest not only to medieval book-historians and codicologists but also to historians of medieval science and of the liturgy, and of medieval written culture and cultural practice more broadly. Although a large proportion of the volume takes the form of a catalogue, the information and explanatory material presented in the introduction to the catalogue as a whole and to each of the sections into which the catalogue is divided give the volume the coherence and value of a historical and codicological survey of this form of artefact, the kind of texts they contained, and how and by whom they were made and used. The way in which the catalogue is structured in chronological and thematic sections, each with their own introduction, also contributes to enhance this aspect of the volume.
Download or read book Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838 written by British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Manuscripts and published by London : G. Eyre and A. Strachan. This book was released on 1808 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Books Manuscripts Autographs and Drawings written by Denham, London, firm, booksellers and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Catalogue of Valuable New and Second hand Books written by Willis and Sotheran and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Books Manuscripts Autographs and Drawings 1902 written by Alexander Denham And Company and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials books written by Association of College and Research Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Bibliographic Standards Committee and published by Library of Congress. This book was released on 2007 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third in direct descent from Bibliographic Description of Rare Books (BDRB) -- from preface.
Download or read book Catalogue of Books Manuscripts Autographs and Drawings Classic Reprint written by Chiswick Press and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Drawings All books, manuscripts, autographs, and drawings upon this catalogue are in fine condition. We have therefore thought it unnecessary to repeat the words "fine copy" etc. Some of the early printed books, as is not uncommon with books of their date, have some slight blemishes, but these have been carefully pointed out. Every lot in this catalogue is guaranteed to agree fully with the catalogue description, and the authenticity of every item is also guaranteed. American orders may be sent to Mr. E. A. Denham, 28 West 33d Street, New York. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
