Bibliotheca Pepysiana: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys

by Joseph Robson Tanner, Duff, Sidgwick

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) 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 1 lists 114 manuscripts relating to maritime...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108002021
• ISBN13: 9781108002028
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"