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Bodleianalia: Curious Facts about Britain's Oldest University Library
Contributor(s): Cock-Starkey, Claire (Author), Moller, Violet (Author)
ISBN: 185124252X     ISBN-13: 9781851242528
Publisher: Bodleian Library
OUR PRICE:   $21.38  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
- Education | History
- Education | Higher
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.8" W x 7.4" (0.45 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library? How many miles of shelving are there in its Book Storage Facility? What is fasciculing? Who complained when their secret pen name was revealed in the library's catalog? Why did the library refuse to lend a book to King Charles I? The answers to these questions are just a few of the remarkable bits of bibliophile trivia uncovered by Claire Cock-Starkey and Violet Moller in this intriguing collection of curious facts about one of Britain's oldest university library.

With more than twelve million items and many priceless treasures, including the Gutenberg Bible, Shakespeare's First Folio, five thirteenth-century copies of Magna Carta, and Tolkien's original watercolors for The Hobbit, the Bodleian also boasts many strange events and eccentric characters through the ages that contributed to its world-class renown today. From deep within the archives, Cock-Starkey and Moller have compiled a great many lesser-known facts about the Bodleian Library's fascinating history, organizing them into easily browsable lists, factoids, and statistics.


Contributor Bio(s): Moller, Violet: - Violet Moller is a freelance writer and researcher.
Cock-Starkey, Claire: - Claire Cock-Starkey is a writer and editor based in Cambridge. She was the series editor for all six editions of Schott's Almanac, and she is also the author of The Book Lovers' Miscellany and A Library Miscellany, both also published by the Bodleian Library.