Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ
By: Cui præmittuntur ... Roberti Cottoni ... vita: et Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ historia & synopsis. Scriptore Thoma Smitho ...
Contributors: Smith, Thomas, 1638-1710.; British Museum.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: e theatro Sheldoniano
Published: 1696
Place of publication: Oxonii
Language: lat
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Title vignette; head pieces.
The Cottonian library was transferred to the British Museum in 1757. The original collection numbered 958 vols., but 114 manuscripts were destroyed by fire in 1731, and 98 damaged.