Edmund Geste and his books : reconstructing the library of a Cambridge don and Elizabethan bishop /...
Edmund Geste and his books : reconstructing the library of a Cambridge don and Elizabethan bishop /...
Edmund Geste and his books : reconstructing the library of a Cambridge don and Elizabethan bishop / David G. Selwyn.
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Publisher
London : The Bibliographical Society, 2017.
Exeter, Devon : Short Run Press.
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G 2017/3391 , G 2019/5692
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxix, 493 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Introduction. Geste's career as a book collector: I. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge and Elizabethan bishop: A little known collection -- Geste and his Yorkshire connexions -- Geste at King's College, Cambridge -- The reign of Ma...
Appendices: I. Other books which may have belonged to Geste -- II. Index of publishers and printers -- III. Chronological index of imprints -- IV. Bindings (A. Blind-stamped panels ; B. Blind-tooled rolls ; C. Centrepiece ; D. Centre-tools and ornaments ; E. Corner-ornaments ; F. Plain calf bindings...
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Publisher
London : The Bibliographical Society, 2017.
Exeter, Devon : Short Run Press.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"Edmund Geste, probably pronounced 'Guest', (c. 1515-1577) studied at King's College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1536 under Henry VIII, rising to become Vice-Provost under Edward VI in 1550 before being expelled under Queen Mary. With the accession of Queen Elizabeth, he embarked on an ecclesiastical career, becoming Archdeacon of Cante...
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Edmund Geste and his books : reconstructing the library of a Cambridge don and Elizabethan bishop / David G. Selwyn.
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Bibliographical Society publication
"Designed and typeset by Paul W. Nash. Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by Short Run Press, Exeter."--Title page verso.
Additional content available online at the Bibliographical Society's website--See note, page vi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/3391 , G 2019/5692
Record Identifier
74VKVXMj4QKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXMj4QKb
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ISBN
0948170247
9780948170249
DDC
094.2
MMS ID
991024115118002626
