Libraries -- History; Library architecture -- History; Library fittings and supplies -- History
67. Lock at end of book-desk: Trinity Hall 169
68. A French Library of 1480. From MS. 164 in the Fitzwilliam Museum,
Cambridge _To face_ 169
69. The interior of the Library of the University of Leyden. From a
print by Jan Cornelis Woudanus, dated 1610 _To follow_ 170
70. Bookcases and seat in the Library at Corpus Christi College,
Oxford. From a photograph taken in 1894 _To face_ 173
71. Elevation of one bookcase in the Library of Corpus Christi College,
Oxford 173
72. Bookcase in the Chapter Library, Hereford Cathedral. From a sketch
taken in 1876 175
73. Part of a bookcase in the Chapter Library, Hereford _To face_ 175
74. Part of a single volume, shewing the clasp, the ring for the chain,
and the mode of attaching it: Hereford 175
75. A single volume, standing on the shelf, with the chain attached to
the iron bar: Hereford 176
76. Iron bar and socket, closed to prevent removal of the bar:
Hereford 176
77. Iron bar, with part of the iron plate or hasp which is secured by
the lock and keeps the bar in place: Hereford 177
78. Piece of chain, shewing the swivel: Hereford 178
79. Hook to hold up the desk: Bodleian Library, Oxford 179
80. Exterior of the Library at Merton College, Oxford, as seen from
'Mob Quadrangle.' From a photograph by H. W. Taunt, 1899
_To face_ 179
81. Ground-plan of the Library at Merton College, Oxford 180
82. Interior of the West Library at Merton College, Oxford. From a
photograph by H. W. Taunt, 1899 _To face_ 181
83. Bookcase in the West Library of Merton College, Oxford. From a
photograph by H. W. Taunt, 1899 _To face_ 181
84. Elevation of a bookcase and seat in the West Library at Merton
College, Oxford. Measured and drawn by T. D. Atkinson, Architect 182
85. Stall-end in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge 187
86. Ring for attachment of chain, Wells 189
87. Bookcases in the Library of Durham Cathedral. From a photograph
_To face_ 189
88. Conjectural plan of the Library over the Prior's Chapel at Christ
Church, Canterbury 191
89. Sketch of the probable appearance of a bookcase, and a reader's
seat, in the Library at Christ Church, Canterbury 193
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