Title: The Holkham library
Description: "A detailed description and history of one of the world's finest private libraries, much of which was acquired by Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1697-1759) who built Holkham Hall in Norfolk. The family has added to it and sustained it ever since. The core of the collection concentrates on the Renaissance, however a wide variety of interests are represented, for instance there are Sir Edward Coke's 14th century English manuscripts, a remarkable collection of Civil War and Commonwealth pamphlets, some early broadsides of the Virginia Company, and many other treasures"--Roxburghe Club website, viewed August 11, 2016.
Subjects: Book collecting, History, Holkham Hall (England), Holkham Library, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Library, Manuscripts, Private libraries, Rare books, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Medieval Manuscripts, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Specimens, Manufacture
Places: England, Great Britain
People: Edward Coke Leicester Earl (1936-), Thomas Coke Leicester Earl of (d. 1759), Thomas William Coke Leicester Earl of (1822-1909), Thomas William Coke Leicester Earl of (1848-1941)