Bodleian LibraryOxford University Press for the British AcademyLawn, Brian (ed.(. 1979. The Prose Salernitan Questions. Edited From a Bodleian Manuscrip...
What sets Mary Shelley's Frankenstein apart from so many other famous works of fiction? What special combination of creativity and vision made possible the drafting of Mag--na Carta? When describing exceptional accomplishments like th...
The Bodleian's book classification scheme, introduced in 1883 by E. W. B. Nicholson, is described and some peculiarities of its structure are analysed. The author concludes that, despite the scheme's underlying logic, its age and inco...