Download or read book Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Scarce Books in the Library of St. John's College, Cambridge (Classic Reprint) written by Morgan Cowie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Scarce Books in the Library of St. John's College, Cambridge An accurate and careful investigation of each particular Library ought to be undertaken by some one on the spot, with ready means Of reference to authorities. These means exist in the Universities in abundance, and our Catalogues ought to have been, before now, perfect and accurate in their details. The thankless nature of the task, and the very small credit to be gained by its performance, have most probably deterred those most qualified to undertake it. Yet it appears to me a duty we owe to our benefactors to make ourselves acquainted with their legacies, and to render them as useful to literature as we can. 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.