![]() ![]() We will advise you on this when you make the request. If you wish to consult the original item(s) in person, special application must be made to the relevant curator. You may be able to find high-resolution images on Digital Bodleian. We restrict access to a small number of particularly important and fragile items, and we will ask you to consult printed or microfilm copies instead. Find out more about how to access special collections. To consult our special collections material in person, you must have a University or Bodleian Reader card with Group A (full and unrestricted) access. ![]() John Selden (1584-1654) Many books on medicine and science, including books from the library of John Dee.Who can access special collections material?.The Savilian Library A collection of works on mathematics, astronomy, geometry and applied sciences collected by the early Savilian Professors (including Henry Savile, Christopher Wren and John Wallis).Comprises 840 items from his own library not already in the Bodleian. Stephen Peter Rigaud (1774-1839) Savilian Professor of Geometry, Astronomy and Radcliffe Observer (1827-39).Physics A collection of 170 folios and large quartos on physics and other scientific subjects received among the new books between 18.One part of the original four-part classification by faculty, or subject, in use in various forms over the period 1602-1840. Mathematics A collection of 60 folios and large quartos on mathematical and technical subjects received among the new books between 18.1260 items dating from the 16th-18th centuries on medicine, anatomy, natural philosophy, botany, and voyages and travels. Martin Lister (1638?-1712) Physician and zoologist, comprising ca.Brian Lawn (-2001) Reflects his interest in Humanism, with books on many subject including natural sciences.Elias Ashmole (1619-1692) Strong in astrology, astronomy and kindred topics.Collections particularly strong in these areas include: The Library is particularly strong in the fields of early mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine. During the 19th Century, the Library made every effort to expand it's holdings in all areas of science and technology through legal deposit. Gilliat Items by or about the Sitwells.Ĭlick here for further information regarding literary manuscripts. ![]() Robert Ross Memorial Oscar Wilde Collection The works of Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) deposited by University College, Oxford.Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) Mainly first editions of English writers of fiction, poetry and belles lettres published in the 1890s.Dunston (1850-1915) English poets, dramatists and novelists of the late 17th to the early 20th centuries, including Browning, Butler, Byron, Pope, Scott, Tennyson, and children’s books. Frank Pettingell (1891-1966) Penny-dreadfuls and popular literature.Walter Harding (1883-1973) English and French poetry, poetical miscellanies, and English drama.Juel-Jensen (1922- 2006) Collections of the works of Michael Drayton 1563-1631), Philip Sidney, Johannes V. Francis Douce (1757-1834) Books on almost every subject printed in every period, including romances and novels, all forms of popular printing, drama, French literature and childrens books.Edmund Malone (1741-1812) Chiefly of Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline and Restoration literature, including the Library's finest Shakespeare collection.Robert Burton (1577-1640) Some theology, but also works by most of the great names of Elizabethan literature (including Shakespeare), pamphlets, jest-books, newsbooks.The printed literary collections of the Bodleian have been greatly enhanced over the centuries by bequests and donations including, but not limited to: A copy of the scheme is available from Rare Books. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, October 1978, 10: p.274-282. For more information please see: Michael Heaney. While these schemes are no longer added to, Nicholson in particular provides access to printed acquisitions made between 18 for items lacking subjects in the main SOLO record. Old Class, Nicholson, Year Books, etc.) with numeric shelfmarks usually indicating subject area. ![]() , etc.Įarly books can also be found in the main historic classification schemes (e.g. Names of former owners or libraries whose books have been acquired and are still kept together as separate collections, e.g. Douce, Broxbourne, Opie.ĭescriptions of categories of books grouped by subject matter, e.g. Many printed rare book collections bear shelfmarks (often abbreviated) derived from the following sources: ![]()
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