<p>The library of John, Baron Lumley 1534?-1609 , consisted in part of works from the Cranmer library, obtained by way of Lord Arundel, and was in turn acquired, after Lumley had tripled its size, by Prince Henry, later incorporated into the royal library and eventually into the British Museum. An introduction discussing Lumley, the collection and the catalogue is followed by a typographic transcript of the 1609 library catalogue about 3,000 items made after Lumley's death for Prince Henry. With appendices and indexes. Frontispiece; iii-xiv, 372 pages. cloth.. large 8vo..</p>

The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609

Jayne, Sears

Johnson, Francis R.

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The British Library Publishing

Reissue with new preface, limited to 500 copies. This is a descriptive list of 848 catalogues of English Renaissance libraries of the period 1500-1640: 574 private libraries and 274 institutional ones. First published in 1956, this reissue has an important new preface with notes in which the author reports on the many new catalogues which have been discovered since 1956. Dr. Jayne's description of each catalogue includes the date and size of the collection, the number of manuscripts it contains, the subject represented, the kind of arrangement, and any special information that the catalogue gives, such as press marks, prices, or indices. This book has opened the door to a treasure house of fresh primary sources for the study of English intellectual history and bibliography. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. xiv, 224 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

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