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The British Museum Library : a short history and survey
Title
The British Museum Library : a short history and survey / Arundell Esdaile.
ISBN
1000505227
100050526X
1003228585
9781000505221
9781000505269
9781003228585
1032133015
9781032133010 (hbk.)
Edition
1st.
Publication
London : Routledge, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Notes
<P><STRONG>Part 1. Historical</STRONG> 1.The Foundation 2. Montagu House and the First Fifty Years 3. New Wine and an Old Bottle 4. Two Public Enquiries: Growth and Dissension (1835-50) 5. The Reading Room and the Iron Library: Panizzi, Principal Librarian (1851-66) 6. Interlude: Winter Jones, Principal Librarian (1866-79) 7. Bond, Principal Librarian: Printing the General Catalogue (1979-88) 8. Maunde Thompson, Director and Principal Librarian (1888-1911) 9. The Last Thirty Years <B>Part 2. The Collections and their Catalogues </B> 10. The Printed Books 11. The Manuscripts 12. The Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts</P>
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Arundell Esdaile
Summary
This book, first published in 1946, provides a summary account, historical and descriptive, which is full enough to be useful for reference and information, and at the same time to bring out the true significance of the collections of the British Museum Library and of the tale of their gathering.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Library manuals ; 1
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