The library treasures of St John's College, Cambridge
By: edited by Mark Nicholls and Kathryn McKee ; contributors, Mark Nicholls [and 23 others]
Contributors: McKee, Kathryn, editor
Publisher: Third Millennium Publishing Limited
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781906507985
Subjects: Libraries; Special collections; St. John's College (University of Cambridge). Library; St. John's College (University of Cambridge)
Description: The Old Library of St John's College, Cambridge is home to a hugely important collection of printed books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, furniture, busts, paintings and other artefacts, the work of writers, craftsmen and artists active across more than one thousand years. This book offers a lavishly illustrated introduction to the diversity and richness of that collection. It demonstrates something particularly important about St John's College Library, and about libraries in many other Cambridge Colleges: that besides meeting the academic needs of present-day Fellows and students, they also care for 'museum' and archival collections of national and international importance: the essential primary materials and sources sought after by scholars across the world. -- from front cover flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.