Edmund Geste and his books

Reconstructing the library
of a Cambridge don
and Elizabethan bishop

David Selwyn

The Bibliographical Society

2017

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Catalogue and Appendices

  • Introduction to the Catalogue
  • Alphabetical Catalogue of Geste’s books in Salisbury Cathedral Library
  • Appendix I : Other books which may have belonged to Geste
  • Appendix II : Index of printers and publishers
  • Appendix III : Chronological index of imprints
  • Appendix IV : Bindings
  • Appendix V : Concordance of early press marks
  • Appendix VI : Concordance of current shelfmarks
  • Appendix VII : Early book titles on spines or fore-edges
  • Appendix VIII : Binding notes and instructions
  • Appendix IX : Pastedowns
    • Digitised images of pastedowns
      This is a revised version of Appendix IX of the printed book. It incorporates some further identifications and corrections. Details of further identifications and corrections are welcome, and these should be sent to the author for inclusion in subsequent editions of this Appendix on the Society’s web pages.
  • Appendix X : Index of provenances and former owners
    • Digitised images of provenances
      This is a revised version of Appendix X of the printed book. It incorporates some further identifications and corrections. Details of further identifications and corrections are welcome, and these should be sent to the author for inclusion in subsequent editions of this Appendix on the Society’s web pages.
  • Appendix XI : Indices to books with MS annotations
  • Appendix XII : Indexes to authors
  • Appendix XIII : Concordance of Geste’s books in The Cathedral Libraries Catalogue [CLC]

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