Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge

It is a peculiarity of Cambridge that in one of the principal streets, Trumpington Street, there is a runnel of fresh water, called Hobson's Conduit, on either side of the road (a similar stream in St Andrew's Street was covered over in the 1990s.) These streams form part of a system of water supply named after Thomas Hobson (1545-1631), the Cambridge carrier, from whom we get the expression 'Hobson's Choice', and for who the young John Milton wrote two verse epitaphs, reproduced in this work. For 250 years, Hobson's Conduit provided the principal supply of drinking water for the centre of the city, after Andrew Perne (1519-89), Vice-Chancellor of the University, persuaded a number of patrons, including Hobson, to subscribe towards the project. First published in 1938, this history of Cambridge's ancient urban watercourse was written by W. D. Bushell, one of the trustees of the Hobson's Conduit Trust.

These two sumptuous volumes were published in 1840 as a portrait of the University in words and pictures: a collection of essays, anecdotes, poems and reminiscences illustrated by full-page illustrations of the city's buildings and views.

This compilation of records, charters, and statutes, many in the original Latin, was first published in 1852. Volume 2 includes the original charters for seven of the oldest colleges as well as the 1573 will of college founder Dr John Caius.

'Grace books' were the volumes in which scribes recorded decisions of the administration of the University of Cambridge. Grace Book B, Part 1, covering 1488 to 1511, lists individuals receiving degrees, as well as more general business including appointments and financial matters, and is a valuable resource for Tudor historians.

First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include Isaac Newton.

First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include Lord Acton.

First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include Charles Darwin.

First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include William Wilberforce.

Charles Henry Cooper (1808-1866) was a Cambridge resident, town clerk, solicitor and local historian. His five-volume Annals of Cambridge tell the story of the town and the university from their beginnings to the Victorian era. Volume 1 covers the period up to 1546.

First published in 1854, this is the first of a two-volume collection of historical sources relating to the University of Cambridge during the religious upheavals from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration. It covers the period 1570-90, and focuses on the role of the Puritans in the University Senate.

Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874) was an American scholar and author who graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1845 and published an account of his experiences in 1852. Volume 1 contains a detailed recollection of his daily life as a student at Cambridge.

First published between 1922 and 1954, this ten-volume work, compiled by distinguished Cambridge scholars John Venn and his son J. A. Venn, and invaluable to historians and genealogists, is a comprehensive directory of all known alumni of the University of Cambridge until 1900. Notable figures in this part include Oliver Cromwell.

Henry Gunning (1768-1854) was an official of the University of Cambridge for over sixty years. Published shortly after his death, this two-volume work gives an entertaining view of university life between 1784 and 1830. Volume 1, dealing with his first ten years at Cambridge, depicts student life and pastimes.

When Charles Henry Cooper (1808-66) undertook to revise the text of Le Keux's 1841 Memorials of Cambridge, he was under the impression that 'only a slight amount of labour' would be needed. However, the new three-volume edition, published in 1860, was extensively re-written, and had new illustrations added.

The celebrated classicist Richard Bentley (1662-1742) corresponded with scholars from all over Europe. These two volumes of his correspondence, published in 1842, provide fascinating insights into his intellectual world. Volume 2 contains letters written and received between 1712 and 1740, many relating to his controversial mastership of Trinity College, Cambridge.

These two sumptuous volumes were published in 1840 as a portrait of the University in words and pictures: a collection of essays, anecdotes, poems and reminiscences illustrated by full-page illustrations of the city's buildings and views.

The monumental Athenae Cantabrigienses is a collection of biographies of distinguished historical figures with connections to Cambridge University, compiled by a noted local historian. Volume 3, published posthumously in 1913, covers the years 1609-11 and contains additions and corrections to the first two volumes and an updated index.

The monumental Athenae Cantabrigienses is a collection of biographies of distinguished historical figures with connections to Cambridge University. It was compiled by a noted local historian, and financed by private subscriptions. Volume 2, originally published in 1861, covers the period 1586-1609.

'Grace books' were the volumes in which scribes recorded decisions of the administration of the University of Cambridge. Grace Book covers business pertaining to degrees from 1501 to 1542. First published in 1908, it contains a substantial introduction and index, and is a valuable resource for Tudor historians.

This account of the University Archives at Cambridge describes the growth of the archives from their beginnings in the thirteenth century and provides a survey of the main groups of records in the context of the University. The appendices include a list of muniments of title to landed property.

This anonymous guide to Cambridge, printed in 1790, is full of details which give insights into life in the university and town. It describes the colleges and other university buildings, the town and the county, and is accompanied by a catalogue of pictures in the public library and the colleges.

'Grace books' were the records of the administration of the University of Cambridge. The first part of Grace Book D covers the years from 1542 to 1589 and lists individuals receiving degrees, as well as more general business including appointments and financial matters. This transcription, with introduction and index, first appeared in 1910.

An anthology of translations from English literature by a group of eminent Cambridge classicists, displaying their skill in composing in the ancient languages. Offering both prose and verse, this 1899 book will continue to provide model exercises for students wanting to practice translation and composition in Latin or Greek.

Arising from a 1950 event at St John's College, Cambridge marking the centenary of Wordsworth's death, this book includes a description of college life in the poet's day, a record of Wordsworth-related items in the College library and archives and a catalogue of known portraits of the poet.

More than 250 Cambridge University Press employees joined the armed forces during the First World War. This War Record gives a brief outline of each employee's military service, and includes photographic portraits of 40 of the 41 employees who lost their lives in the conflict.

This ambitious publication systematically catalogues and explains the wide variety of endowments received by the University of Cambridge from the thirteenth century onward. These have helped establish, improve and maintain many of the University's fine libraries, museums and historic buildings and have supported the work of its students and staff.

This volume, the last in Mullinger's landmark three-volume history, covers the political turmoil of the Civil War and the Restoration, ending symbolically with the death of the last of the Cambridge Platonists, the major philosophical movement of the seventeenth century.

This record, compiled by the then University Registrary, John Neville Keynes and published in 1914, was intended as a statement of the legal instruments which controlled the organisation and day-to-day running of Cambridge University. The form of government they embodied is still reflected in the statutes of today.

The third (1874) edition of The Student's Guide to the University of Cambridge, as well as giving information on 'the Studies and Examinations of the University', provides fascinating details of student daily life in mid-Victorian Cambridge.

A transcript and translation of the royal charters issued to the borough of Cambridge between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Maitland lays stress on the considerable independence exercised by the medieval borough. The introduction explains the conventions of such charters, and explains how to interpret the information contained in them.