Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ ; cui præmittuntur illustris viri, D. Roberti Cottoni, Equitis Aurati & Baronetti, vita ; et Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ historia & synopsis
Catalogs
7 preliminary leaves, [iii]-L pages, 1 leaf, 159, [24] pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 42 cm
1006210621
Title vignette; head pieces
The Cottonian library was transferred to the British Museum in 1757. The original collection numbered 958 vols., but 114 manuscripts were destroyed by fire in 1731, and 98 damaged