Bibliotheca Pepysiana
Bibliotheca Pepysiana
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This is the first of four volumes that resulted from an uncompleted project to catalogue Samuel Pepys's library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. It describes manuscripts relating to maritime and naval matters. Pepys had planned to write a history of the navy, and assembled most of this material for that purpose.
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Bibliotheca Pepysiana by Joseph Robson Tanner
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequeathed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 1 lists 114 manuscripts relating to maritime and naval matters, a subject of particular interest to Pepys, who was employed by the admiralty. They fall into three main categories: official documents of his own time, other official and unofficial documents that he collected as material for his projected 'History of the Navy', and books and papers that appealed to him but are not directly relevant to naval history. This catalogue remains a valuable resource for researchers in naval history.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108002028 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108002021 |
| Title | Bibliotheca Pepysiana |
| Author | Joseph Robson Tanner |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - History Of Printing Publishing And Libraries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2009-07-20 |
| Number of pages | 124 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |