Subject strengths: Classics, Theology, Literature

St. Bees School, Cumbria was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1583 and its library was developed through donations from local gentry and clergy in the Seventeenth Century. The collection comprises mostly classical literature and theology, including 102 volumes which were printed in the Sixteenth Century, with several titles in Latin or Ancient Greek.

Alongside the classical authors sit Martin Luther's sermons; works by William Gilpin, John Ruskin, Oliver Goldsmith, Izaak Walton, James Boswell and Francis Bacon; there is a copy of Roald Amundsen's The South Pole: an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912 (1912) and C.G. Bruce's The assault on Mount Everest, 1922 (1923), as well as W.R. Calvert's Family holiday: a little tour in a second-hand car (1932).

 

Collection Name and Collection Reference Code:

Collection Name: St. Bees School Library

Library Search Collection Ref Code: St Bees

Date Range of Material

1485 - 1932

Type of Material

Rare book collection

Size of Collection

23 Linear Metres of shelving 

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The books within this collection are described within the Newcastle University Library Search and can be ordered directly from the catalogue.

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