Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- Dedcation
- BOOK I THE LIBRARIES OF THE ANCIENTS
- BOOK II THE LIBRARIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- BOOK III THE MODERN LIBRARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
- CHAPTER I FORMATION AND GROWTH OF THE SEVERAL COLLECTIONS WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
- CHAPTER II GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE LIBRARY OF KING GEORGE III. (1753-1828)
- CHAPTER III PROGRESS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE ACQUISITION OF THE ARUNDELIAN MSS. TO THE BEQUEST OF THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY, IN 1846
- CHAPTER IV FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, FROM THE ACQUISITION OF THE SYRIAC MSS. OF ST. MARY DEIPARA, TO THE OPENING OF THE CENTRAL READING-ROOM (1847-57)
- CHAPTER V CURSORY VIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE MORE IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS NOW INCLUDED WITHIN THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
- CHAPTER VI THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
- CHAPTER VII THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
- CHAPTER VIII THE MINOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, AND THE COLLEGIATE OF OXFORD
- CHAPTER IX THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER X THE MINOR LIBRARIES OF CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER XI THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF HUMPHREY CHETHAM IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
- CHAPTER XII THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARIES OF ENGLAND
- CHAPTER XIII THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL LIBRARY AT LAMBETH
- CHAPTER XIV THE LIBRARIES OF THE ENGLISH INNS OF COURT
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CHAPTER VII - THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- Dedcation
- BOOK I THE LIBRARIES OF THE ANCIENTS
- BOOK II THE LIBRARIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- BOOK III THE MODERN LIBRARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
- CHAPTER I FORMATION AND GROWTH OF THE SEVERAL COLLECTIONS WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
- CHAPTER II GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE LIBRARY OF KING GEORGE III. (1753-1828)
- CHAPTER III PROGRESS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE ACQUISITION OF THE ARUNDELIAN MSS. TO THE BEQUEST OF THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY, IN 1846
- CHAPTER IV FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, FROM THE ACQUISITION OF THE SYRIAC MSS. OF ST. MARY DEIPARA, TO THE OPENING OF THE CENTRAL READING-ROOM (1847-57)
- CHAPTER V CURSORY VIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE MORE IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS NOW INCLUDED WITHIN THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
- CHAPTER VI THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
- CHAPTER VII THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
- CHAPTER VIII THE MINOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, AND THE COLLEGIATE OF OXFORD
- CHAPTER IX THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER X THE MINOR LIBRARIES OF CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER XI THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF HUMPHREY CHETHAM IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
- CHAPTER XII THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARIES OF ENGLAND
- CHAPTER XIII THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL LIBRARY AT LAMBETH
- CHAPTER XIV THE LIBRARIES OF THE ENGLISH INNS OF COURT
- Plate section
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- Memoirs of LibrariesIncluding a Handbook of Library Economy, pp. 549 - 576Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1859