eBLJ 2005
eBLJ 2005
eBLJ 2005
The Journal is published continuously throughout the year, with one volume per year. Articles undergo production as soon as they are ready, to ensure minimal delays in publication.
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British Library
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English
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Item type:Journal article, The Library of Henry Oldenburg(2005)Malcolm, NoelThis article presents three hitherto unpublished listings of books in the library of Henry Oldenburg (c.1619-1677), the first Secretary of the Royal Society. The main list is a catalogue of his collection, first drawn up in 1670 and augmented in 1677 by his friend John Pell, who surveyed the library after Oldenburg 's death. Although the total number of books is not great, the lists do provide valuable evidence of Oldenburg's interests and activities; the article discusses this evidence, in the light of other information drawn from Oldenburg's correspondence and from surviving books which can be identified as having come from his collection. Through his work for the Royal Society he was acquainted with a wide range of British and continental scientists, philosophers, and virtuosi; many of their books are present, though it was not always clear whether they had been sent as gifts to the Royal Society or to Oldenburg personally. His work also involved him in the production of books: not only the Philosophical Transactions and the works officially sponsored by the Royal Society, but also other books which he translated or helped to publish. Some of these are present, but some are not; the evidence suggests that Oldenburg was an active manager of his collection, trading books for other books, and often using them as currency in a larger economy of scholarly giving and receiving.3 13 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, A Collection of German Occasional Verse, 1701-1743, Mostly from East Frisia(2005)Reed, SusanAn introduction to some of the noteworthy features of a recently-acquired collection of occasional verse from the former German principality of East Frisia. The collection forms a fascinating resource for the study of this material, its writers and printers, and the society in which its subjects lived. A listing of all 421 poems in the collection is appended.10 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Henry Fox's Drafts of Lord Hardwicke's Speech in the Lords' Debate on the Bill on Clandestine Marriages, 6 June 1753: A Striving for Accuracy(2005)Jones, ClyveBefore Hansard, the records of debates in the Commons and Lords were personal ones taken by members or visitors to Parliament. The problem facing historians is the accuracy of these accounts for all necessarily reflected the agenda and views of the compiler. Two drafts in the BL's Holland House papers may be unique for the insight they give into the compilation of a 'verbatim' account of part of a speech by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke on the Clandestine Marriage Bill in June 1753. The author was Henry Fox, who considered the bill a personal slight on his family for he and his brother had contracted clandestine marriages. Further Fox was trying to maintain his place in the ministry, and may have wanted an accurate account of the speech to bolster his position. Thus he seems to have gone to great lengths to strive for accuracy in his version of the speech. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Early Eastern Algonquian Language Books in the British Library(2005)Edwards, Adrian S.A history of printing in the Eastern Algonquian groups of languages of North America, with a check-list of thirty-eight items in the British Library collection printed between 1634 and 1851. The majority of speakers of these languages were traditionally located around the Great Lakes, the north-eastern coast of the United States, and Atlantic Canada, the zone broadly classified as the North-eastern Woodland Culture Area. The languages covered are: Micmac, Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Eastern Abenaki (including Penobscot), Massachusett (including Pokanoket/Wampanoag), Narragansett, Quiripi (including Unkechaug), Mahican (or Mohican, 'Stockbridge') and Unami Delaware (including Unalachtigo and Unami Jargon).10 11 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, George Ellis of Ellis Caymanas: A Caribbean Link to Scott and the Bronte Sisters(2005)Gawthrop, HumphreyA biography and genealogical account of George Ellis (1753-1815), Jamaican land-owner, Whig politician and man of letters, friend of Sir Walter Scott, Richard Heber and George Canning. It is also possible that via Scott he was the inspiration for Emily Bronte's choice of the nom de plume Ellis Bell.2 7 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Panizzi, Gladstone, Garibaldi and the Neapolitan Prisoners(2005)Reidy, Denis V.This article tells how Antonio Panizzi of the British Museum Library worked with William Ewart Gladstone in the pursuit of Liberal causes in the reactionary Kingdom of Naples, ruled by Ferdinand II, in the 1850s. Their collaboration culminated in the release of 66 political prisoners from the island of Santo Stefano in 1859. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Tupaia's Sketchbook(2005)Smith, Keith VincentA group of watercolours in the British Library painted during the Pacific Ocean voyage of HM Bark Endeavour has long been attributed to the 'Artist of the Chief Mourner', sometimes identified as Joseph Banks. This article identifies the true artist as an indigenous Polynesian, Tupaia.20 10 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, William Plate, an Unknown Acquaintance of Karl Marx at the British Museum: A Biographical Sketch(2005)Henderson, BobThough much has been written on Marx's association with the British Museum, the circumstances of his admission to that institution have remained undocumented. A recent find in the British Museum Archives throws some light on the subject, and reveals for the first time the name of the remarkable gentleman who helped Marx gain access to the Round Reading Room.7 10 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Caricatures from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune(2005)Daniels, MornaThis article identifies and illustrates some little-known collections of caricatures on the subject of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune of 1871.8 7 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Thomas Smith, Humfrey Wanley, and the 'Little-Known Country' of the Cotton Library(2005)Joy, Eileen A.Although there were many handwritten, often informal catalogues of Sir Robert Cotton's manuscripts and books during his lifetime and in the years afterwards, the desire for an official printed catalogue which could be circulated in the public realm did not really bear fruit until the late 1600s. And when two versions finally did appear - the Reverend Thomas Smith's in 1696 and Humfrey Wanley's in 1705 - they represented the fruits of bibliographic labours undertaken with great care and anxiety over the individual mastery of a summum of texts delimited by the contingencies (social, political, economic, geographical, and otherwise) of time and place, as well as over the perceived importance of indexing and preserving a national literary heritage well before the academic disciplines of systematic bibliography, literary history, or English studies even existed. In the often fractious relationship between Smith and Wanley, a productive convergence resulted that helped pave the way for a new union bibliography, and the evidence would seem to suggest that when it came to the conception and articulation of the necessity for a universal comparative catalogue in the early modern period, Wanley was the chief (if often underappreciated) conscience of English bibliography.