Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 / With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century

A chronological account of the Bodleian Library’s growth and administration, beginning with its medieval origins and continuing through later centuries, presented as annals and archival narrative. The text documents benefactions, purchases, cataloguing and arrangement of collections, and the physical spaces and reading rooms that shaped use and access. It describes notable manuscripts, printed vellum items, curious artifacts and the numismatic holdings, and includes appendices listing officers, rules, and selected acquisitions. Compiled from library archives and private papers, the work aims to combine detailed descriptive material with a concise institutional history and practical reference to the library’s collections.