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Some Classified Catalogues Of The Cottonian Library, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Some Classified Catalogues Of The Cottonian Library, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Elizabeth C Teviotdale
Eight extant subject catalogs of Sir Robert Cotton's (1571-1631) collection were compiled during the latter half of the 17th century. Their classifications indicate the predominance of English histories. The six complete paper codices appear to have been based on another version, perhaps prepared by Sir William Dugdale (1605-86), apparently no longer in existence. The holdings were apparently compiled from both the collection as it stood in the 1660s and an emperor order catalog. Reprinted in Sir Robert Cotton as Collector: Essays on an Early Stuart Courtier and His Legacy (1997).