Bodleianalia Cock-Starkey Claire
Bodleianalia Cock-Starkey Claire Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library? What is fasciculing? How many miles of shelving are there in its Book Storage Facility? Why did the library refuse…
Specifikacia Bodleianalia Cock-Starkey Claire
Bodleianalia Cock-Starkey Claire
Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library? What is fasciculing? How many miles of shelving are there in its Book Storage Facility?
Why did the library refuse to lend a book to King Charles I? Who complained when their secret pen name was revealed in the library's catalog? The answers to these questions are just a few of the remarkable bits of bibliophile trivia uncovered by Claire Cock-Starkey and Violet Moller in this intriguing collection of curious facts about one of Britain's oldest university library.With more than twelve million items and many priceless treasures, including the Gutenberg Bible, Shakespeare's First Folio, five thirteenth-century copies of Magna Carta, and Tolkien's original watercolors for The Hobbit, the Bodleian also boasts many strange events and eccentric characters through the ages that contributed to its world-class