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With later annotations in pencil.

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'A Catalogue of the Books given by Mr Henry Lucas to the University Library. These are digested without any certaine method for direction.' Lucas's books came into the Library in 1662. In the hand of Jonathan Pindar.

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Catalogue of bibles in Bishop Moore's library, by John Taylor (1704-1766).

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A catalogue of printed books in the University Library, Cambridge, including those from Lambeth, arranged alphabetically and followed by an appendix (pp. 546-554) and a list of the library of Isaac Pragi (pp. 557-566), acquired 1647.

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In various hands. Contains the quarto volumes only. The octavos and duodecimos are in Bodleian MS.Add.D.81; the folios are in Bodleian MS.Add.D.81*.

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Manuscript catalogue of Leake’s collection of books, dated 1858.
Also 5 leaves of typescript on paper, detailing the dissemination of some of the Leake books, by the Classics Faculty library, to other more suitable faculty libraries around the University, dated November 1964 and March 1974.

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The first three volumes contain the Catalogue of the MSS. in the Library, made by James Nasmith, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, at the expense of the University. The fourth volume contains an Alphabetical Index.

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'Catalogus librorum reverendi viri doctoris Holdsworth'. This and MS Dd.08.45 are transcripts of a common original. The copy is certified on p. ix to conform to the original by Matthew Whinn, registrary.

Scope and Contents ‘Index librorum in musæo V. V. M. Th. Knivett Arm.’ At the end are memoranda of books borrowed from and returned to Knyvett’s library at Ashwell Thorpe, with the signatures of the borrowers, among whom were John Spelman, William le Neve, Ralph Flowerdewe and others; there are also such entries as ‘Memord. I let my sonne Ja: have to Cambridg the second and 3rd tome of Plutarke, the first being wanting, Marc. Tully, in 5 vol. octavo: Poldore Virg. de Inv. rerum. Corne: Tacitus’, with the date...

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'A catalogue of books in the library of Rufford belonging to my Lord Marquiss of Halifax in the year 1693'. Arranged according the place of books on the shelves.

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Catalogue of the MSS. in the University Library, as finally arranged in 1753, in the Classes marked Dd-Mm. From them James Nasmith compiled his catalogue (1794-1797). In the hand of F. S. Parris with additions by S. Whisson. Same handwriting as Oo.07.56 and Oo.07.57.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Many manuscripts acquired by the University Library before the middle of the nineteenth century either originated as or were made up into bound volumes, and were classified alongside printed material. Most carry what is known as a 'two-letter' reference, running (for western manuscripts) from Dd.1.1 through to Oo.7.60. They comprise mainly medieval and early modern manuscripts. This catalogue is based on entries for western post-medieval manuscripts in the 5-volume Catalogue of the...

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'Catalogus Codicum MSS. Integrioris Notæ et Exactioris curæ viri clarissimi D. J. Vossii.’ This library was purchased on the death of Voss, by the University of Leyden.

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This is the Catalogue of some private library, arranged in subjects according to sizes. After f. 82 (as numbered) follow some Addenda arranged only according to sizes, with mention of their position in the library. There are no books after the date 1653. At the end are some memoranda of books lent to Mr Gardiner and Sir W. Coventry in the same hand that has affixed the word 'dupl.' to some books in the Catalogue.

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Catalogue of the University Library, before the Restoration, arranged according to donations, in the same handwriting as Oo.07.51, together with a list of Hacket's bequest, 1671, and a few others.

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‘Index librorum Græcorum, qui servantur calamo exarati in Bibliotheca Palatina electorali’. At the end is ‘Davide Hamaxurgo vindelico librario’. A catalogue of Greek manuscripts in the library of the Elector Palatine of the Rhine, compiled by David Hamaxurgus, librarian (David Wagner of Augsburg).

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List of manuscripts in the Taylor-Schechter Collection. For each item there is the title with a summary description, size, material, language, and date (when ascertainable).

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A list of select books, in the University Library, chiefly early printed, arranged from A to F, now forming the class AB, with an alphabetical index. Same handwriting (F. S. Parris) as Oo.07.53-55 and Oo.07.56.

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A list of the numbers of the MSS. in the University Library, as they appear in the Oxford Catalogue, compared with those adopted in 1758.

A list of numbers of Bishop Moore's Mss with their class marks in ULC. List of numbers of Mss in Bernard's catalogue (1697) with their class marks in ULC. Same handwriting (F. S. Parris) as Oo.07.53-55 and Oo.07.57. Insertions in the hand of S. Whisson.

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Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library, together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.

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John Taylor (1704-1766) was University Librarian, 1732-1734. A list of the same books as Oo.07.57, arranged in chronological order.

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Arranged alphabetically under various heads. Prefixed are the Ordinances of the Parliament giving the Library to the University, bearing date 1646, and copied and attested by Jonathan Pindar in 1657, when this Catalogue was probably written. Same handwriting as Oo.07.52.