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International standard book number

0521306558

International standard book number

9780521306553

Shelfmark

CSR.1319

Author

Title

Cambridge University Library : a history : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / David McKitterick.

Publication, distribution, etc.

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Physical description

xvii, 812 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note

Published with a first volume: Cambridge University Library : a history from the beginnings to the copyright act of Queen Anne, by J.C.T. Oates.

Formatted contents note

Contents: Introduction: National expectations -- The Copyright Act of 1710 -- John Moore and his circle -- The making of the Royal Library -- The challenge of the Royal Library -- Benefactors, curiosities and strangers -- New buildings and old problems -- Richard Farmer -- Thomas Kerrich -- The national stage: the Copyright Act of 1814 -- The end of the old regime -- Doctrinae et scientiae incrementa -- Joseph Power and the distribution of responsibility -- The copyright agency -- New directions -- Turbulent years: J. E. B. Mayor -- Bradshaw in command -- Other men's flowers -- Bradshaw at bay.

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Reference collection.

Subject

Subject

Academic libraries England Cambridge History.

Subject

Copyright Great Britain History.

Added entry--place

England Cambridge.

Added entry--place

United States New York New York.

Language code

eng

Identifier

B55053
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