Publication date: 4 June 2015
DOI:https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781910634011
Number of pages: 192
Number of illustrations: 181
Treasures from UCL
Gillian Furlong (Editor)
UCL has one of the foremost university Special Collections in the UK. It is a treasure trove of national and international importance, comprising over a million items dating from the 4th-century AD to the present day.Treasures from UCL draws together detailed descriptions and images of 70 of the most prized items. Between the magnificent illuminated Latin Bible of the 13th-century and the personal items of one of the 20th-century’s greatest writers, George Orwell, the many highlights of this remarkable collection will delight and intrigue anyone who picks up this book.
DOI: 10.14324/111.9781910634011
Number of pages: 192
Number of illustrations: 181
Publication date: 04 June 2015
PDF ISBN: 9781910634363
Read Online ISBN: 9781911307242
Hardback ISBN: 9781910634004
Paperback ISBN: 9781910634011
Gillian Furlong (Editor)
Gillian Furlong is Head of Special Collections and Archivist in UCL Library Services. She has been a registered member of the Society of Archivists (now Archives and Records Association) since October 1992.
‘The layout and lavish illustration show that [UCL Press] is well able to compete with the doyens of treasures book publishing.’
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Treasures from UCL
Publication date: June 4, 2015
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Paperback ISBN:9781910634011
Hardback ISBN:9781910634004
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Page count (hardback): 192
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UCL has one of the foremost university Special Collections in the UK. It is a treasure trove of national and international importance, comprising over a million items dating from the 4th-century AD to the present day.Treasures from UCL draws together detailed descriptions and images of 70 of the most prized items. Between the magnificent illuminated Latin Bible of the 13th-century and the personal items of one of the 20th-century’s greatest writers, George Orwell, the many highlights of this remarkable collection will delight and intrigue anyone who picks up this book.
‘The layout and lavish illustration show that [UCL Press] is well able to compete with the doyens of treasures book publishing.’
Library and Information History
Gillian Furlong (B01)
Gillian Furlong is Head of Special Collections and Archivist in UCL Library Services. She has been a registered member of the Society of Archivists (now Archives and Records Association) since October 1992.
