Please see details below about the second series of fascinating and
illustrated talks about the BL's collections - 'Libraries within the
Library' ...
Please do not apply to me for tickets (!) but to the email address of
our Events Office below,
many thanks
Graham Jefcoate
Head, Early Printed Collections
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Tel. +44 171 412 7785
Fax: +44 171 412 7577
Email: [log in to unmask]
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'Libraries within the Library'
A series of talks on the history of the British Library's collections
Sponsored by the Friends of the British Library
Dispersed along the shelves of the British Library today are many
volumes that once stood side by side in private libraries. This series
of public lectures aims to explore some of the smaller collections
which have been brought together to form the British Library and to
provide an introduction to the individuals whose personal interests
and taste they reflect ...
Wednesday 24 November, 18.15
James Carley: The Ones That Got Away: The Dissolution of Henry VIII's
Library
The library assembled by Henry VIII, the most scholarly - as well as
the most colourful - of the Tudor monarchs, reflected his wide-ranging
intellectual pursuits.
Wednesday 8 December, 18.15
Frances Harris: John Evelyn, Library Consultant
Giles Mandelbrote: John Evelyn and his Books
The manuscripts and annotated books belonging to the virtuoso and
bibliophile John Evelyn (1620-1706), acquired by the British Library
in recent years, make it possible to study how Evelyn used his
library.
Wednesday 12 January, 18.15
Margaret Nickson and Alison Walker: Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753): Book
Collector and Librarian
Sloane's vast encyclopaedic library, together with his natural history
collections, prints, coins and medals, was the principal reason for
the foundation of the British Museum.
Wednesday 26 January, 18.15
Peter Barber: For the King or For the People? The creation, purpose
and fate of King George III's Topographical and Maritime Collections
What are George III's topographical collections and why did the
government try to seize them after they had been presented to the
British Museum?
Wednesday 9 February, 18.15
Geoff West: Buying at auction: building the collections in the second
half of the nineteenth century
Chris Thomas: A Russian bibliophile: the collection of Sergei
Sobolevsky
The late nineteenth century was a great period of expansion - by a
variety of means -for the British Museum's foreign collections.
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Tickets (bookable in advance) are available from the Events Box Office
or from the Information Desk. Wine will be available after the
lectures.
Lecture tickets £3.50 (no concessions)
Further information:
British Library Events Office (tel: 0171-412-7222; email
[log in to unmask])
Early Printed Collections
Marcella Leembruggen, Information Officer, Early Printed Collections
(tel: 0171-412-7665; email [log in to unmask])
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