21 May 2015
A Brief History of the Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library has recently published Mary Clapinson's A Brief History of the Bodleian Library, which provides a succinct account of the university's library from its foundation by Sir Thomas Bodley to the present day.
In it she recounts the growth (through gifts, purchases and copyright deposit), of the library's great collections - from the two thousand volumes available when it first opened...
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