A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse: With an Essay on the History of the Library by J.W. Clark

by Montague Rhodes James, John Willis Clark

Overview

M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Peterhouse, Cambridge, with an essay on the history of the college library by John Willis Clark, was first published in 1899. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108003070
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/20/2009
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Table; 3. Essay on the history of the library; 4. Descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts; 5. Appendix; 6. List of donors and owners of MSS; Index; Addenda and errata.