Author: C. E. Sayle

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Published: 2016-06-22

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781332560073

Excerpt from Fitzwilliam Museum McClean Bequest: Catalogue of the Early Printed Books This volume completes the series of catalogues of the McClean Bequest. The Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts by Dr M. R. James, and the Catalogue of the Mediaeval Ivories, Enamels, Jewellery, Gems and Miscellaneous Objects, by O. M. Dalton, appeared in 1912. In the first of these will be found a biographical notice of the generous benefactor Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S. (1837-1904), to whom the Museum is indebted for early printed books here described. In order to make this Catalogue more complete descriptions of the other Incunabula in the Museum have been added in an Appendix. A List of the Fifteenth-Century Printed Books bequeathed by Mr McClean was printed in 1906, by Mr Stephen Gaselee, now Pepysian Librarian at Magdalene College. This has been of great assistance. I am also indebted to Mr S. C. Cockerell, the present Director of the Museum, for a merciless reading of the proofs and making innumerable and invaluable suggestions. The careful rubbings which are reproduced in plate 6 were made by Mr W. E. Rider, Principal Assistant at the Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.