Catalogus impressorum librorum bibliothecae Bodleianae ….

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Creator

Hyde, Thomas

Title

Catalogus impressorum librorum bibliothecae Bodleianae ….

Coverage

Oxford

Date

E Theatro Sheldoniano

Subject

1674.

Description

In 1674 Thomas Hyde (1636–1703), Bodleian librarian and later professor of Hebrew and Arabic at Oxford, prepared this new catalogue of the printed books in the library. The flyleaf bears the early ownership inscription and extensive annotations of Sir George Fleming (1667–1747), later Bishop of Carlisle. Using the printed Bodleian catalogue as a foundation, Fleming created a manuscript inventory of the library he assembled while an Oxford student. The volume is thus doubly valuable: a printed record of the Bodleian Library as it existed in 1674, plus a superimposed manuscript record of its influence on a contemporary English book collector.

Source

Purchased from the Harper Fund.