A Scourge of English Librarians

Abstract

THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY at the beginning of the eighteenth century is described in some detail in the diary kept by Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach during his visit to England in 1710, when he was accompanied by his younger brother Johann Friedrich. Though the diary is, in M. R. James's phrase, full of ‘girdings and sniffings’, it also contains keen observations and intelligent criticisms, and the remarks are those of a scholar.

Citation

Ashford Kelly, W. (1967), "A Scourge of English Librarians", Library Review, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 133-136. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012478