"...intended as a guide to medieval books and book-catalogues and to the modern catalogues in which they are described. ... The list is of manuscripts and printed books which belonged in the medieval period to religious houses and their members, cathedral and collegiate churches, universities, colleges, and other corporate bodies of England, Scotland, and Wales. ... The limit of date is about 1540 for English and Welsh libraries and a decade or two later for Scottish libraries." - Preface

Second (revised) edition.

Language: English