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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIBRARIES, AND THE FOUNDERS OF LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY.—THE ANCIENT LIBRARIES OF EGYPT, OF JUDÆA, OF GREECE, AND OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER II INTRODUCTORY. — MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN LIBRARIES. — ANTICIPATORY SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT, IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER III OF SOME LIBRARIES OF MONASTERIES ABROAD
- CHAPTER IV OF SOME LIBRARIES OF MONASTERIES AT HOME
- CHAPTER V CONCERNING THE LIBRARIES OF SOME FAMOUS AUTHORS, OF VARIOUS PERIODS
- CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE LIBRARIES OF SOME CELEBRATED MONARCHS AND ROYAL PERSONAGES, OF VARIOUS PERIODS
- CHAPTER VII HISTORY OF THE OLD ROYAL LIBRARY OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND
- CHAPTER VIII HISTORY OF THE STATE PAPER OFFICE
- CHAPTER IX HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE REALM, IN THEIR EARLY PERIOD OF GROWTH AND SEPARATE CUSTODY
- CHAPTER X THE LIFE OF THOMAS PARKER, EARL OF MACCLESFIELD.—THE LIFE OF NICHOLAS JOSEPH FOUCAULT.—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AT SHIRBURN CASTLE IN OXFORDSHIRE
- CHAPTER XI THE LIFE OF CHARLES SPENCER, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND. — HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AT BLENHEIM PALACE
- CHAPTER XII THE PUBLIC LIFE OF GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER.—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SPENCER LIBRARY AT ALTHORP
- APPENDIX A LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF EXTANT CATALOGUES OF ENGLISH MONASTIC LIBRARIES, DISTINGUISHING THE UNPRINTED FROM THE PRINTED
- APPENDIX B NOTE ON THE LIBRARY OF KING EDWARD THE SIXTH
- APPENDIX C SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION AND SYNOPTICAL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE REALM
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CHAPTER XII - THE PUBLIC LIFE OF GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER.—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SPENCER LIBRARY AT ALTHORP
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIBRARIES, AND THE FOUNDERS OF LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY.—THE ANCIENT LIBRARIES OF EGYPT, OF JUDÆA, OF GREECE, AND OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER II INTRODUCTORY. — MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN LIBRARIES. — ANTICIPATORY SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT, IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER III OF SOME LIBRARIES OF MONASTERIES ABROAD
- CHAPTER IV OF SOME LIBRARIES OF MONASTERIES AT HOME
- CHAPTER V CONCERNING THE LIBRARIES OF SOME FAMOUS AUTHORS, OF VARIOUS PERIODS
- CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE LIBRARIES OF SOME CELEBRATED MONARCHS AND ROYAL PERSONAGES, OF VARIOUS PERIODS
- CHAPTER VII HISTORY OF THE OLD ROYAL LIBRARY OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND
- CHAPTER VIII HISTORY OF THE STATE PAPER OFFICE
- CHAPTER IX HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE REALM, IN THEIR EARLY PERIOD OF GROWTH AND SEPARATE CUSTODY
- CHAPTER X THE LIFE OF THOMAS PARKER, EARL OF MACCLESFIELD.—THE LIFE OF NICHOLAS JOSEPH FOUCAULT.—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AT SHIRBURN CASTLE IN OXFORDSHIRE
- CHAPTER XI THE LIFE OF CHARLES SPENCER, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND. — HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBRARY AT BLENHEIM PALACE
- CHAPTER XII THE PUBLIC LIFE OF GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER.—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SPENCER LIBRARY AT ALTHORP
- APPENDIX A LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF EXTANT CATALOGUES OF ENGLISH MONASTIC LIBRARIES, DISTINGUISHING THE UNPRINTED FROM THE PRINTED
- APPENDIX B NOTE ON THE LIBRARY OF KING EDWARD THE SIXTH
- APPENDIX C SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION AND SYNOPTICAL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE REALM
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Summary
…… His honour,
Clock to itself, knew the true minute when
Exception bade him speak, and at that time
His tongue obeyed its hand. Who were below him
He us'd as creatures of another place,
And bow'd his eminent top to their low ranks,
Making them proud of his humility.
All's Well that ends Well, I, 2.That old Despencer of the Plantagenet days who is recorded to have left behind him, amongst other and large possessions, a “=Library of Bokes,’ must certainly have bequeathed his tastes with his blood. Besides three of the most conspicuous among English private libraries,—two existing and one dispersed,—collected by Spencers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we have evidence of minor but not undistinguished collections acquired by other Spencers. There is still at Althorp an old family collection, originally formed at Wormleighton, in Warwickshire in the sixteenth century. There is also to be seen there the greater part of another collection, extending originally to some five thousand volumes, acquired by John, first Earl Spencer, from the executors of Dr. George, Head Master of Eton. In this collection brought from Eton was included a remarkable series of English tracts, which as it appears, is still preserved intact. Many of the rarer books of the George collection were exchanged from time to time, by the second Earl, for finer copies, as opportunity offered.
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- Libraries and Founders of Libraries , pp. 392 - 447Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010