Memoirs of Libraries, Volume 2

Edward Edwards

1859

Contents

• PART THE FIRST: 1
• History ok the Royal Library from the death ok: 4
• OP THK FORMATION OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF PAMPHLETS: 6
• Skirmish concerning LHistoire amoureuse des Oautes: 7
• The Catalogues: 13
• Library of Glasgow University: 19
• The Hunterian Library: 27
• Recent Improvements: 33
• 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
• Thomas Cartes Scheme of a London Library: 98
• Discovery of an old Collection of Historical Works: 105
• The Library of Gerald Earl of Kildare: 113
• Early BookAuctions: 119
• Library of Lord Willoughby de Broke: 125
• The palmy days of Bibliomania: 131
• CHAPTER XXIV: 139
• Charles Earl of Sunderland as a Collector: 145
• Evelyns Library: 151
• The Roscoe and Madden Catalogue: 157
• CHAPTER I: 163
• Rapid improvement in the American demand for books: 166
• Purchases: 169
• Its Regulations and public usefulness: 172
• Recent Augmentations: 178
• CHAPTER II: 182
• The Loganian Collection: 186
• Gifts of Andre Michaux: 192
• The Regulations of 1678 90: 195
• The Academy of Natural Sciences: 198
• The first Library of Congress: 202
• The Warden Collection: 208
• The Library of the City of Boston: 214
• Extracts from his Will and from the Act incorporating his Tnistees: 221
• CHAPTER V: 227
• Kcent Disputes as to the Working of the Institution: 233
• Mr Jewells Plans for Ihe Sinilhsonian Library: 234
• Township Library Act in Michigan: 240
• GROWTH or THE ROYAL LIBRARY i Mn it THE LIBRARIANSHIP: 246
• HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY FROM THE APPOINTMENT OK LEFEVRE DOH: 270
• The National Library at Lisbon 555: 273
• Results of the New System: 287
• Present Contents of the Imperial Library: 294
• The Ministers Report and the Imperial Decree: 300
• Rochefoucauld and the Library of St Genevieve: 306
• Historical Associations: 312
• Provincial Libraries 555: 314
• Where the difference lies as to the care of Libraries between Eng: 315
• Library of Pienc Adamoli: 321
• Choice MSS in the Mejanes Library: 327
• Town Library of Bayenx: 333
• Piblic Library of Lille: 339
• Piblic Library of Strasburgh: 345
• Restoration of the Library by Sixtus V: 350
• The early Printed Books: 356
• Present or recent Condition of the Ambrosiana: 362
• The Laurentian Library at Florence: 368
• Libraries of Pisa and Sienna: 374
• Tte Gifts of Petrarch and of Bessarion: 380
• CHAPTER VI: 434
• Conrad Kuhnhofer and hie Gift to Nuremberg: 440
• Augsborgh laid under Contribution for tin Royal Library at Munich: 447
• It absorption of Monastic Collections 433: 454
• Fondation of the Leipsic Town Library by Hulderich Gross 461: 460
• Recent Accessions: 463
• University Library of Jena 46: 469
• Its subsequent History and rapid Growth: 475
• University Library of Giessen: 481
• CHAPTER VIII: 492
• CHAPTER IX: 514
• CHAPTER X: 529
• CHAPTER XI: 548
• istav Heines Account of Libraries iu Portugal 1840: 554
• PAST PRESENT AND FCTUHE: 556
• The Libraries Act ot Queen Anne: 562
• CHAPTER I: 569
• CHAPTEK II: 577
• Of Sweden of Russia and of America: 583
• Inawnrate statements which are current as to American indifference: 584
• The Copyright Committee of 1813: 589
• Mr Powers Evidence and Suggestions: 595
• Necessity of Modifications: 601
• Extent to which existing Libraries have profited by Gifts: 603
• CHAPTER IV: 609
• Works of the State Paper Commission: 615
• Publications of the New York State Government: 621
• Choice op Authors and of Editions: 628
• 3 Of Approximative Estimates of the Cost of Libraries: 641
• David Clements Classification of Rarity: 647
• Books accidentally destroyed: 653
• Condition and its effect on Price: 659
• CHAPTER I: 667
• New Library of St Genevieve: 675
• The Ducal Library of Wolfenbuttel 630: 681
• Imperial Library at St Petcrsburgh: 690
• Plan and Arrangement of the New Reading Room: 696
• New Town Library of Liverpool: 705
• CHAPTER III: 728
• IN GENERAL: 730
• CHAPTER IV: 735
• Recent discussions about FindingCatalogues: 748
• Defects of the Plan of Watts Bililiotheca Britannica: 754
• CHAPTER 11: 761
• Scheme of John Rhodius: 767
• Leibnitzs Idea Bibliothecto Publicce secundum Classen Scicntiarum: 774
• Conyers Middletons Bibliotheca Cantabrigienxis ordinandi methodus: 779
• Daunous Scheme: 787
• Homes Outlines for the Classification of a Library: 793
• Merlins Scheme: 801
• Suggestions for the simplification of Classificatory Schemes: 808
• Tabular View of the principal Schemes in two groups To face page: 811
• CHAPTER III: 832
• Full Titles and Short Titles: 843
• Printed forms for Titles: 850
• Opinions of Dr Maitland and Mr J W Croker: 856
• The International Agency of the Smithsonian Institution at Wash: 865
• The Bunau and Casanate Catalogues: 871
• Specimens of Catalogues suggested for Town Libraries: 878
• CHAPTER VI: 887
• Specimen of the detailed Arrangement of a Collection of moderate: 894
• Synoptical View of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free: 907
• ShowCollection of Early Printed Books arranged to illustrate: 918
• Classification of Prints: 925
• INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION: 931
• Preliminaries: 939
• Means of facilitating such a System: 945
• The Staff required for the Routine Duties of a Library largely fre: 953
• CHAPTER IV: 959
• Monastic and Mediaeval Embellishments: 963
• Bookbinding in England under the Tudor Monarchs i67: 968
• Amateur BindingThe Protestant Nunnery at Little Gidding etc: 970
• The Contemporaries and Successors of Roger Payne: 976
• Notices of the Choice Bindings exhibited in London in 1851: 982
• CHAPTER V: 988
• CHAPTER VI: 1029
• Special Reading Rooms for Students: 1035
• Biographies Calendars Peerages etc: 1041
• CHAPTER VII: 1051
• TIIE REGULATIONS OF THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF THE MAS: 1056
• Registration of Issues: 1057
• CHAPTER VIII: 1063
• Concluding Observations: 1069

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