عنوان

A descriptive catalogue of the McClean collection of manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum /

(Number (ISBN

0511693591

(Number (ISBN

9780511693595

Erroneous ISBN

1108003095

Erroneous ISBN

9781108003094

Number

b732881

Title Proper

A descriptive catalogue of the McClean collection of manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Montague Rhodes James.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (644 pages).

Series Title

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

Text of Note

Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2014).

Text of Note

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 descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to researchers today. This volume describes the McClean Collection, bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1904 by Frank McClean, a Victorian polymath who was a civil engineer by profession but also pursued scientific research and the collection of antiquities, including the 201 manuscripts and 230 early printed books now in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The book is illustrated with 108 plates showing folios from the collection.

International Standard Book Number

9781108003094

Manuscripts-- Great Britain, Catalogs.

Manuscripts.

Great Britain.

7

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

James, Montague Rhodes

Date of Transaction

20201203173244.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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