Cambridge University Library
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The first home of the University Library was at the buildings now known as the 'Old Schools', developed during the fifteenth century. In its early years the Library was under the superintendence of the University Chaplain; the first Librarian was appointed in 1577 and the first regulations for the Library's administration were drawn up five years later. Until the bequest of Tobias Rustat in 1666 the Library had no income for purchasing books, relying instead on gifts and bequests. The Library was granted the right to claim a copy of every work published in the United Kingdom by the Licensing Acts of 1662-1679 and 1685-1695, and by the Copyright Act of 1709 and successive Acts, although this privilege was not fully exploited until the nineteenth century. The Library moved to the present building, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, in 1934.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Cockerell: Drawings for the library and museums of Cambridge
Charles Edward Sayle: Diaries and papers
Diaries, writings on the history of music in Cambridge and the history of the Vatican library, correspondence and papers on Ximénès Doudan, Caspar von Kinschot and Reyner Wolfe.
John Sperling: Visitation of Cambridge
Description and blazon of coats of arms in Cambridge churches and colleges, on the conduit in the market place, and in the University Library. Autograph. pp. 243-63: indexes. There are some incomplete additions at pp. 265-73. pp. 274-312: blank. Sperling's bookplate inside front cover.
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