Author

Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

103,000 words, Guess

Page Count

412 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107011205
  • ISBN-101107011205
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013049902
  • OCLC Control Number868037915
  • Better World Books9781107011205
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCZ792.5.T75 F68 2014

Description

"This is the first comprehensive, scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin. It covers the whole 400 years of the Library's development, from its foundation by James Ussher in the seventeenth century to the electronic revolution of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the buildings and the politics involved in obtaining funding for them, as well as to the acquisition of the great treasures, such as the Book of Kells and the libraries of Ussher, Claudius Gilbert and Hendrik Fagel. An important aspect is the comprehensive coverage of legal deposit from the beginning of the nineteenth century, viewed for the first time from the Irish perspective. The book also draws parallels with the development of other libraries in Dublin and those of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and features throughout the individuals who influenced the Library's development - librarians, politicians, readers, book-collectors and book-thieves"--

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Other Editions

  • Trinity College Library Dublin: A HistoryCambridge University Press2014-01-01

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