Book-Auction Records Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Book-Auction Records Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions<br><br>The Library of the University of Edinburgh began with the bequest of the library of Mr. Clement Little Commissary of Edinburgh in 1580 to the city andthe Kirk of God. It consisted of about 300 volumes mostly theological and was housed near St. Giles'' Church until its removal to the old college about 1582. Drummond of Hawthornden was one of the notable donors and Mr. J. O. Halliwell''s remarkable collection of works relating to Shakespeare added in 1872 formed a very valuable addition to this noble library which contains about volumes and manuscripts.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.