Author: McKITTERICK (David) Editor.
Title: Catalogue of Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. Volume VII. Part ii: 'Appendix Classica' of Pepys's Catalogue.
Description: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 1991. 4to, 367pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth, gilt. The catalogue compiled for Pepys in 1693 has a listing of shelf markings as found in earlier library catalogues, but is also one of the first attempts at a comprehensive subject index, classifying the books in subjects from Arts to Vulgaria ('Noted Pieces of Chivalry, Wit, Pastime, Devotion and Poetry in Vogue with the English Populace') The Appendix contains additions to the library, 1693 to Michaelmas 1700. In print at £175

Keywords: LIBRARIES