Subject strengths: General, Book History
The Post-incunabula collection does not strictly comply with the prescribed date range which often defines 'post-incunabula' but does contain English and foreign books printed 1501-1640. It includes works by John Stow, John Speed, Torquato Tasso and William Tynedale, as well as Robert Burton's The anatomy of melancholy, 4th ed. (1632), Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), Reginald Scot's The discouerie of witchcraft (1584), Palladio's architectural work I qvattro libri dell'architettvra (1581), Edmund Spenser's The faerie queene (1590-96) and Thomas Heywood's The hierarchie of the blessed angells (1635).
Collection Name and Collection Reference Code:
Collection Name: Post-Incunabula
Library Search Collection Ref Code: PI
Date Range of Material
1502-1701
Type of Material
Rare book collection
Size of Collection
41 Linear Metres of shelving
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Other Resources
Material from this collection was used in our Treasures of the Month feature for September 2011 and March 2012.
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