Download or read book Bibliotheca Pepysiana, Vol. 3 written by M. R. James and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliotheca Pepysiana, Vol. 3: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Samuel Pepys The present section of the Pepysian catalogue contains an account of the mediaeval manuscripts and some others of literary interest. In compiling it I have followed the method employed in my other catalogues of manuscripts: the order in which the books are described is simply that of their places on the shelves, an order dictated largely by considerations of size. The only printed catalogue of the Pepys Manuscripts which professes to give a general view of the collection is that which appears in the Oxford Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae (1697 II 207). It is entitled: Librorum Manuscriptorum viri sapientissimi Samuelis Pepysii, Curiae Admiraliae nuper a secretis, varii quidem argumenti, sed praecipue de re navali, quae est Anglorum gloria ac Praesidium, Thesaurus inaestimabilis. (With a sub-heading at 6835 of Naval Architecture, which, however, does not cover all the items that follow it.) This catalogue, as has been said, was issued in 1697: it may have been drawn up some years earlier. 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.