Memoirs of Libraries, Volume 2

Edward Edwards

1859

Contents

• PART THE FIRST: 1
• History of the Roy Al Library FRom the DEAtil of: 4
• Skirmish concerning LHistoire amoureuse des Gaules: 7
• The Catalogues: 13
• Library of Glasgow University: 19
• The Hunterian Library: 26
• Character of Edinburgh University Library as it was in 1830: 32
• Laud and Leighton: 39
• CHAPTER XXI: 45
• The Gratitude of Students due to Cromwell and his Ironsides: 53
• CHAPTER XXII: 83
• Subsequent Accessions: 89
• Literary Benefactions to the Royal Society: 91
• Library of the East India Company: 97
• The REGULATIONs of the REFERENCE DEPARTMENT of the MAN: 102
• Library of the House of Commons: 103
• Evelyns Account of the Private Libraries of his day: 110
• The Libraries of Lord Keeper Guildford and of Dr John North: 116
• Sale of the Library of John Bridges: 122
• Richard Mead his Life and his Collection: 129
• Exburghe and Stanley Sales: 132
• CHAPTER XXIV: 139
• Charles Earl of Sunderland as a Collector: 145
• Evelyns Library: 151
• The Roscoe and Madden Catalogue: 157
• Rapid improvement in the American demand for books: 166
• Its Regulations and public usefulness 17 2: 172
• Recent Augmentations: 178
• Benjamin Franklin: 185
• New York Society Library: 189
• The Regulations of 1678 90: 195
• Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati: 201
• CHAPTER III: 202
• The Warden Collection: 208
• The Library of the City of Boston: 214
• Extracts from his Will and from the Act incorporating his Trustees: 221
• THE LIBRARIES OF THE UNITED: 227
• Rºent Disputes as to the Working of the Institution: 233
• CHAPTER: 237
• CHAPTER I: 243
• State of the Royal Library at the outbreak of the Revolution: 270
• Revolutionary Acquisitions: 276
• The Royal Library during the Restoration Epoch: 282
• Results of the New System: 287
• The Catalogues: 293
• The Buildings and the projected Changes: 299
• Cardinal de Rochefoucauld and the Library of St Geneviève 30: 307
• Library of the City of Paris: 313
• Where the difference lies as to the care of Libraries between Eng: 315
• Library of Pierre Adamoli: 321
• Jean Baptiste Piquet Marquis of Méjanes: 325
• Libraries of Nantes Rennes and Avranches: 331
• Town Library of Rouen: 337
• Town Library of Bordeaux: 343
• The Libraries of ITALY: 349
• Present Extent of the Library: 359
• Public Library of Bologna and its choice: 366
• The Laurentian Library at Florence: 373
• CHAPTER V: 383
• CHAPTER VI: 434
• The Von Boineburg Collection at Erfurt: 443
• Augsburgh laid under Contribution for the Royal Library at Munich: 449
• Early History of the Royal Town Library of Bamberg: 457
• Recent Accessions: 463
• The Will of Henning Leve Town Chamberlain: 464
• Its partition with Giessen in the 17th Century: 469
• Its subsequent History and rapid Growth: 476
• Its Restrictions and Prohibitions: 477
• Its recent Accessions Extent and Regulations: 482
• Report of MM DAremberg and Reman: 492
• The LIBRARIEs of SwitzERLAND: 499
• CHAPTER IX: 514
• University Library of Goettingen: 529
• GIFTs: 531
• CHAPTER XI: 548
• The National Library at Lisbon: 555
• Continental Town Libraries: 561
• And of special strength in certain chosen subjects: 574
• lmaceurate statements which are current as to American indifference: 584
• Extent to which existing Libraries have profited by Gifts: 603
• CHAPTER IV: 609
• Works of the State Paper Commission: 615
• PART THE SECOND: 619
• Publications of the New York State Government: 621
• Choice of Authors AND of Editions: 628
• The Labours of Heyne: 634
• OF so ME INFERENCEs that MAY BE DRAwN FRoM LIBRARY STA: 636
• Statistics of actual Purchases 182354: 642
• Books of small Impressions: 649
• Books unfinished at the Press: 655
• Of the ForMAtion of Special Collections of PAMPHLEts: 661
• BUILDINGS: 667
• New Library of St Geneviève: 673
• The Mazarine Palace: 679
• Imperial Library at St Petersburgh: 691
• The Controversy as to the original Design of the New Reading Room: 700
• CHAPTER II: 709
• Count De Labordes Design for a Library: 715
• Plan for a small Lending Library: 722
• CHAPTER III: 728
• 35: 735
• CATALOGUES IN GENERAL: 749
• CrossReferences: 755
• CHAPTER II: 761
• Scheme of Florian Trefler 1560: 767
• Other Modifications of the Baconian Scheme: 774
• Conyers Middletons Bibliothecae Cantabrigiensis ordinandae methodus: 779
• Daunous Scheme º: 785
• Hornes Outlines for the Classification of a Library: 791
• Merlins Scheme: 799
• Dr W D Wilsons Scheme 1856: 806
• Tabular View of the principal Schemes in two groups To face page: 811
• The Copytax springs from a Censorship: 817
• CHAPTER III: 832
• Rules and Examples as to Anonymous Pseudonymous and Apo: 840
• Examples of Titles of Early Printed Books: 846
• ECONOMY OF LIBRARIES: 851
• Cost of Printing: 852
• The Evidence of Mr Panizzi and his Letter to Lord Ellesmere: 859
• B K COLLECTING: 864
• Jewetts Account of his Process: 865
• The Catalogues of the Imperial Library at Paris: 871
• Rudi MENts of BookCollecting with Especial REFERENCE: 873
• Specimens of Catalogues suggested for Town Libraries: 878
• Specimen of an Index of Topics: 881
• CHAPTER VI: 887
• Recent attempts for its Improvement: 894
• Synoptical Yiew of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free: 907
• ShowCollection of Early Printed Books arranged to illustrate the: 918
• Classification of Prints: 923
• INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION: 931
• BoARDs of MANAGEMENT Town Councils AND CENTRAL INspection: 939
• Means of facilitating such a System: 945
• The Staff required for the Routine Duties of a Library largely fre: 953
• CHAPTER IV: 959
• Changes in the Art which ensued upon the Invention of Printing: 963
• Bookbinding in England under the Tudor Monarchs: 967
• Extracts from the Diary of Humphrey Wanley 97 2: 974
• The Introduction of new Machinery into Bookbinding and its results: 981
• CHAPTER: 988
• Qualifications which must accompany the official Evidence as to: 1026
• Booktickets: 1032
• Bibliographical Works: 1038
• The Opening of Public Libraries on Sundays: 1044
• Regulation of Lending Libraries supported under Ewarts Act: 1052
• Quarterly Examinations Fines and other Details 105 5: 1058
• Formation of Libraries: 1064
• GENERAL INDEX: 1073
• Sedition Act of 14 Charles II: 1077
• The System of Catalogues: 1086
• The List of Illustrations is printed at the end of the Table of Con: 1089

Bibliographic information

• Title: Memoirs of Libraries, Volume 2; Memoirs of Libraries, Edward Edwards
• Author: Edward Edwards
• Published: 1859
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Apr 5, 2006