Bibliotheca Pepysiana 4 Volume Paperback Set: B. Duff<|

Bibliotheca PepysianaA Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys\nAuthor(s): Edward Gordon Duff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108002042, 978-1108002042\nSynopsis\nSamuel Pepys [tel] was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequeathed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 2 contains a general introduction to the library and its history, including extracts from Pepys's diary, will, and accounts. It then lists and describes the early printed books, with notes as to special features, other extant copies and publication history, among them several liturgical books in the Sarum rite and 1557 edition.