TABLES OF THE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
In compiling the following tables officials of each of the libraries have been personally applied to, and in most instances the information has been supplied by them. An attempt has been made to give particulars of all libraries of general or special interest in the United Kingdom. As regards those of other countries the list has been usually limited to those of 30,000 vols. and upwards, with a few exceptions. In India and the British Colonies there are few collections of that extent.
The abbreviation L. A. in the United Kingdom signifies that the library is under the Public Libraries Act; o. b. l. means open by leave.
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Name. i Special Character and No. of v ols. To whom
o fn L508 L4 Remarks. Print. MSS. Accessible. CAMBRIDGE contd. Christ s Coll. Lib. Clare College Lib. Corpus Christi Col 16th and 17th cent. Lit. Clas., Hist,, Theol. ; MS. 13,000 7,500 5,000 Few. Few. 484 1 Mem. Hem. Mem.
lege Library. Downing Coll. Lib. Emmanuel Coll. L. Fitzwilliam Mus. L. 1800 1816 coll. notable. Largely Law and Hist. I heol. and Lit. Art, Archl. ; engravings 1,700 20,000 9,760 30 250 159 (o. b. L). Mem. tfem. Mem. of IT.
and music. (o.b.l.).
Gonville and Caius College 1348 Pr. cat. of the MSS., 1849. 13,500 700 Mem.
I. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Jesus College Lib. King s Coll. Lib. c. 1441 Gen., Clas., Theol.; 300 Oriental MSS. 9,500 17,000 100 320 Mem. fn > 1 a "Vrt ^f "Vfila Magdalene Coll. Pepysian Library. (0. D. 1.). Name. 1 Special Character and rs o. 01 v ois. To whom Accessible. Newnham Coll. L. Pembroke Coll L. 1872 2 branches. 1,240 14 000 <>nrt Mem. 1 Remarks. Print. MSS. Peterhouse Library . 1418 Gen., Theol. 9^000 ouu 300 Hem. Philosophical Lib. 1881 Sci. Trail. <fcc. ; based upon 6,000 ^lem. anc ABBEY TAVISTOCK : Lib. of Cam. Phil. Soc. Stud. Public Lib. 1799 10,000 Sub. Public Free Library 1 QKO Gen., Camb., Shakespeare; 24,747 Open. ABERDEEN: L. A; 1 brch. Free Ch. Coll. Lib. Theol., Hist., Rabbin. 20,000 Mem. Queen s Coll. L. o. 1448 Chiefly Clas., Theol. 30,000 Mem. Mechanics Inst. 1824 Gen., Engl. and Fr. 16,000 jMem. Ridley HallCarr.L. 1881 Theol. 2,800 Mem. University Lib. Gen. and Sclent. 90,000 400 Mem. St Catherine s Col. ABERYSTWITH : St John s Coll. Lib. 1624 Gen., early prints ; pr. cat. 35,000 500 Mem. Municipal Free Lib. 1874 L. A. 1,710 )pen. of MSS., and rare books. University College. 1872 Gen., Wales. 3,000 klem. Sidney Sussex Col. 1598 Chiefly Theol. and Clas. 5,000 100 Mem. AlRDKIE : Taylor Library. 17 Math, and Sci. ; separate!) 2,000 Mem. Free Public Lib. 1856 L. A. 4,500 Open. administered. ALDERSHOT : Trinity Coll. L. c. 1546 Gen.. Theol., Clas. ; Hare 90,000 1,918 Mem. Prince Consort s L.1S59 Milit. (Privy Purse) ; also 4,500 Officers. and Capell collections. one at Dublin. Trinity Hall L. c. 1350 Law ; original desks to 7,000 Mem. ARBROATH : which the books were Public Library. 1797 13,000 Sub. chained. ARMAGH : Union Society. 1816 Gen. 20,000 Mem. Public Library. 1771 Foundation L. 17,000 150 Open. University Library 14 Copyright privilege. 200,000 5723 Mem. ASHTON : (0. b. 1.). Mechanics Inst. 1825 7,500 Sub. CANTERBURY : ASTON MANOR: Dean and Chaptci Gen., Div., Hist. ; Earh 9,900 110 Open. Free Public Lib. 1877 L. A. 6,253 Open. Library. English Bibles. AYE: Free Lib. and Mus. 1800 L. A. 4,000 Open. Public Library. 1870 6,926 8 Sub. St Augustine s Col. 1848 Theol., Missions. 15,000 150 Mem. BANGOR : CARDIFF : Free R. Room and 1873 L. A. 1,500 Open. Free Library. 1862 L. A. ; sci. and art school. 14,000 Open by Museum. guarantee. BATH : CARLISLE : Royal Literary and 1825 Ref., Sci. ; Agriculture. 10,000 30 Sub. Cathedral Library. 3,500 25 Open ; Scientific Inst. books lent. BEBINGTON : CHELTENHAM : Mayer Free Lib. 1866 Polit. andRelig. excluded; 23,000 MSS. Open. Cheltenham Lib. 1863 Gen., Sci. 11,265 Sub. maintained by Mr Mayer. CHESTER : BEDFORD : Cathedral Library. Monastic. 1,100 Few. Clergy. Lit. and Sci. Inst. 1832 12,000 Sub. Free Public Lib. 11876 L. A. 10,000 Open. BELFAST: C HICHESTER : Queen s Coll. Lib. 1849 Gen., Orient. 35,797 Mem. Cathedral Library. 1660 Gen., Clas., Div.; earliei 4,000 Clergy of (o. b. L). coll. destroved 1642; cat diocese. BILSTON : pr. 1871. Free Library. 1873 L.A.; branch reading-room 8,000 Open. Library Society. 1794 6,500 Sub. BlRKENHEAD : CLITHEROE : Free Public Lib. 1855 L. A. 60,000 Open. Free Library. 1878 L. A. 3,110 Open. BIRMINGHAM : CORK: Free Library. 18 Gen., Shakes^., Birmingh.; 100,000 200 Open. Queen s Coll. Lib. 1849 Gen., Orient. 25,000 Stud.; lit. L. A. ; 5 branches. inquirers. Friends Library. 1829 Gen. 2,600 Mem. Royal Cork Inst. 1807 Gen., Sci., Hist. 14,000 Open to in Library (Union St.). 1779 Gen. 45,000 Sub. quirers. Queen s Coll. Lib. 1828 Gen. 2,000 Mem. COVENTRY : BLACKBURN : Free Library. 1868 L. A. 22,000 Open. Fr. L. and M. 1862 L. A. 26,000 Open. DARLASTON : Stonyhurst Coll. L. 1794 Gen. ; printed cat. of early 50,000 MSS. Mem. Free Library. |1876 L. A. 2,2G9 Residents. books. DARWEN : BOLTON : Free Public Lib. 1871 L. A. 8,000 Few. Open. Public Library. 1853 L. A. ; section for sub- 46,466 Open. DERBY : cribers; 2 lending de Free Lib. and Mus. 1877 L. A. 13,000 Open. partments. DEVONPORT : BRADFORD : Free Public Lib. 1881 L. A. ; mus. in connexion 8,500 Open. Free Public Lib. 1871 L. A. 32,056 Open. DONCASTER : Lib. and Lit. Soc. 11774 Gen. 17,500 Mem. Borough Free Lib. 1869 L. A. 10,628 Open. BRIDGWATER : DUBLIN : Free Library. 1860 L. A. 2,000 Open. King s Inns Lib. 1787 Leg., Gen. 58,000 Few. Law.Stud., BRIERLEY HILL : &c. Free Library. 1875 L. A. 800 Open. King and Queen s 1711 Med., Sci.; founded bj 12,000 Few. Mem., &c. BRIGHTON : Coll. of Physns. Sir Patrick Dun s will. Free Library. 1875 Gen., Class., Med., Shake 26,000 Open. Law L., Four Courts 1816 Law. 9,000 Sub. speare ; L. A. Mechanics Inst. 1838 BRISTOL : National Lib. of Ire- 1877 Form, by Royal Dub. Soc. 85,000 Open by Bristol Baptist Col 1770 Gen., Theol. ; incunabula 12,000 200 Open. land. under S. and A. Dep. introd. lege. English Bibles, incl. onl} Pub. L., St. Patrick s UV. Chief. Theol. ; little used. 18,000 200 Open by known copy of 1st edition ,tM. introd. of Tyndale s N. T., and Royal Coll. of Sci. 1867 Sci. ; succeed. Museum o: 8,500 Open to in MSS. of Wicklifflte trans (Ireland). Irish Industry, 1850. quirers. lations. Royal Coll. of Surg. 1784 Med., Sci. 25,000 Mem. Cathedral Library. 16th Burnt 1831, except 1000 1,000 Mem. Royal Dublin Soc. 1731 Trans, and Periodicals 10,000 By introd. cent vols. (o.b.l.). body of L. transferrec Free Library. 1613 Gen., Bristol ; Acts adoptee 46,000 Few. Open. to Nat. L. of Ireland. 1875 ; 3 branches. Royal Irish Acad. 1785 Gen., Ireland. 40,000 1,400 By introd. Mus. an 1 . Library 1772 Gen., Hist., and Top. 50,000 Few. Sub. Trinity Coll. Lib. 1602 Copyright privilege ; cat 192,000 1,880 Graduates BURSLEM : Chatterton MSS. DUNBLANE ; printed. (o. b. 1.). Free Library (Wedgwood Inst.) BURY: 186C Gen., Sci.; L. A. 3,500 Open. Bibl. Leightoniana. 1684 1701 Theology ; bco,uest b} Archbishop Leighton. 2,000 MSS. Clergy ; others by payt. Co-operative Pro 186( 13 newsrooms ; 2 smal 11,000 Mem. DUNDALK : vision Society s L CAMBRIDGE : branch libraries. Free Public Library DUNDEE : 1 v> L. A. 6,000 Open. Cavendish Coll. L. 188- Small. Mem. Free Lib. and Mus. 186f Gen.; old Scot. Musie.: L. A 85.500 Opon.
