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THE WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
James, Montague Rhodes
4 volumes.

- Cambridge : The University Press 1900 - 4to. - cloth; title, author's name, volume and Cambridge arms gilt-stamped on spine - xxvi, 549+(1); xxviii, 428; xxxii, 532; xvi, 17 plates, 40 pages - Order Nr. 109460 - Price: $ 950.00

A bibliography of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge University. Those manuscripts are kept in three cases, designated B (theological), R (historical, miscellaneous and oriental), and O (a collection donated by Robert Gale in 1738). Volume 1 includes class B, entries 1-417; Volume 2, class R, entries 418-1024; Volume 3, class O, entries 1025-1506. Volume 4 includes a description of the plates, addenda to the manuscripts (Porson manuscripts in class C), general addenda and corrigenda, 17 black and white plates and a general index. Each volume includes a preface by the author, a table showing the numbering of the manuscripts in the Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae and the library's shelf-marks, a list of donors and corrigenda. All entries include descriptive information, the shelf-mark, and contents. Boards faded; front board of Volume 2 bumped. Text very lightly tanned.

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