Selwyn, David G.. Edmund Geste and his books : reconstructing the library of a Cambridge don and Elizabethan bishop

Folger bibliographic ID: 352598
Folger call number: Z997.A2 G84 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501170
Accession Number: 204266

"Edmund Geste, probably pronounced 'Guest', (c. 1515-1577) studied at King's College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1536 under Henry VIII, rising to become Vice-Provost under Edward VI in 1550 before being expelled under Queen Mary. With the accession of Queen Elizabeth, he embarked on an ecclesiastical career, becoming Archdeacon of Canterbury (1559), Bishop of Rochester (1560), and finally Bishop of Salisbury in 1571. During all this time, he gradually amassed a considerable library which he left to his cathedral of Salisbury on his death. Dr Selwyn presents an account of Geste's career as a book collector, with a detailed study of his confessional journey from the 'old religion' to Elizabethan Protestantism. As well as the documentary sources, Dr Selwyn examines the evidence of the books themselves and Geste's use of them as shown by his often extensive annotations. He presents studies of the earlier provenance of the books, the bookbinders he used, and his theological interests in so far as these can be inferred from the range of authors, English and continental, in his collection. The book has indexes of publishers and printers, bindings, provenances and annotations, and also the pastedowns, many of which have been identified by Dr Christopher de Hamel and include many leaves from medieval manuscripts and printed books, some of considerable significance."--

General notes

"Designed and typeset by Paul W. Nash. Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by Short Run Press, Exeter."--Title page verso Additional content available online at the Bibliographical Society's website--See note, page vi Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Foreword and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Introduction. Geste's career as a book collector: I. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge and Elizabethan bishop: A little known collection -- Geste and his Yorkshire connexions -- Geste at King's College, Cambridge -- The reign of Mary: an exile from Cambridge -- Preferment under Elizabeth I -- Geste and liturgical refom -- The Articles of Religion -- The Bishops' Bible -- II. Reconstructing Geste's library: Geste's bequest of 1577 and its significance -- Geste's ownership inscriptions -- Books with annotations and manuscript notes -- Geste' s binding instructions and notes -- Book-titles on fore-edges or spines -- Small-tool or centre-tool bindings -- Early press marks -- III. Geste's collection as it survives today: The size and scope of the collection -- Geste's non-theological books -- Geste and the study of theology -- Geste and the study of Scripture -- The Church Fathers -- Scholastic and late-medieval books -- Contemporary scholarship and theology -- Christian humanism -- Reformed Protestants -- Other Protestants and religious radicals -- Lutheran writers -- Contemporary Catholic works -- English writers -- Liturgy -- Geste's legacy to Salisbury Cathedral -- Geste's continental acquisitions -- Geste as book owner -- Geste's contemporary bindings -- Geste's second-hand acquisitions -- Geste's new acquisitions -- Geste's continental bindings -- V. The importance of Geste' s collection -- Catalogue of the library Appendices: I. Other books which may have belonged to Geste -- II. Index of publishers and printers -- III. Chronological index of imprints -- IV. Bindings (A. Blind-stamped panels ; B. Blind-tooled rolls ; C. Centrepiece ; D. Centre-tools and ornaments ; E. Corner-ornaments ; F. Plain calf bindings ; G. Parchment covers ; H. Re-bound books -- V. Concordance of early press marks -- VI. Concordance of current shelfmarks -- VII. Early book-titles on spines or fore-edges -- VIII. Binding notes and instrnctions -- IX. Pastedowns -- X. Index of provenances and former owners -- XI. Indices to books with MS annotations (1. Author index -- 2. Subject index) -- XII. Indices to authors (1. Biblical works -- 2. Patristic and pre-scholastic works and authors -- 3. Scholastic and late-medieval works and authors -- 4. Humanists -- 5. Hebrew works and authors -- 6. Contemporary Catholics -- 7. Lutherans -- 8. Bucer and the Strasbourg Reformers -- 9. Reformed-Protestants -- 10. Other Protestants and religious radicals -- 11. English writers) -- XIII. Concordance of Geste's books in The Cathedral Libraries Catalogue -- Index to the Introduction

Extended title: Edmund Geste and his books : reconstructing the library of a Cambridge don and Elizabethan bishop / David G. Selwyn
Alternate titles: Edmund Guest and his books

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 Books and reading Private libraries Salisbury Cathedral. Library Reformation Book collecting Book collectors Bookbinding Early printed books

author: Selwyn, David G., 1938-
subject: Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577
subject: Salisbury Cathedral. Library
compositor: Nash, Paul W.
publisher: Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)
printer: Short Run Press