Cambridge University Library, 1400-1934 : with a description of the new building opened by His Majesty the King, 22 October 1934 : and an account of the new science buildings of agriculture, botany, physiology and zoology : the whole erected with the help of the benefaction of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3254116
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 15, [3] p., [10] p. of plates : ill., plan ; 4to. Ephemera: invitation to opening ceremony, with plan of new science buildings, bound in between p. 4 and p. 5. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half teal morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Cambridge University Library - 1934'; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on rear turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'. Original blue printed paper wrappers retained.