Book Collection PI - Post-Incunabula

Identity area

Reference code

PI

Title

Post-Incunabula

Date(s)

  • 1502 - 1701 (Creation)

Level of description

Book Collection

Extent and medium

490 books.

Context area

Name of creator

(1871-)

Administrative history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Incrementally developed by the University Library.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Post-incunabula collection does not strictly comply with the prescribed date range which often defines 'post-incunabula' but does contain English and foreign books printed 1501-1640. It includes works by John Stow, John Speed, Torquato Tasso and William Tynedale, as well as Robert Burton's The anatomy of melancholy, 4th ed. (1632), Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), Reginald Scot's The discouerie of witchcraft (1584), Palladio's architectural work I qvattro libri dell'architettvra (1581), Edmund Spenser's The faerie queene (1590-96) and Thomas Heywood's The hierarchie of the blessed angells (1635).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Further material is expected to be added to this collection

System of arrangement

Dewey Decimal

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

UK copyright law applies

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Rare Books / Publications

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Description control area

Description identifier

gb186-PI

Institution identifier

gb186

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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