Shelfmark
Lpp.5.14 - Lpp.5.17
Author
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes)
Title
The western manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge : a descriptive catalogue / by Montague Rhodes James, Litt.D., Fellow and Tutor of King's College : Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cambridge : Printed at the University Press, 1900 - 1902.
Physical description
4v ([2], xxiv, 550 ; xxviii, 428 ; xxxii, 532 ; xvi, 40p, [17] leaves of plates) : ill., facsims.., tables ; 27cm.
Note
All vols with a half-title.
Note
Vols 1 and 2 with list of donors.
Note
Vol 2 includes notes.
Note
Publisher's dark blue cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine and device stamped in gold on front board.
Note
Vol 3 with loose copy of a photograph of a manuscript with ms. note in pencil on reverse.
Note
All vols with ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Formatted contents note
Contents: 'Volume I containing an account of the manuscripts standing in class B' ; 'Volume II containing an account of the manuscripts standing in class R' ; 'Volume III containing an account of the manuscripts standing in class O' ; 'Volume IV containing plates, addenda, corrigenda and index'.
Provenance
All vols with armorial bookplate of M. R. James with ms. inscription: "The gift of Provost James. Author's copy ...".
Provenance
Ms. annotations and corrections throughout text in pencil and ink in M. R. James's hand.
Provenance
Vol 3 has loose ms. notes in M. R. James's hand.
Provenance
Vol 2 has two loose ms. letters (dated 1901-05-18 and 1903-10-23 respectively) to M. R. James from Henri Omont on headed Bibliothèque Nationale paper.
Subject
Manuscripts.
Subject
Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library.
Added entry--name
Omont, Henri Auguste, 1857 - 1940 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Identifier
B24237