{"id":263,"date":"2021-10-27T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/?p=263"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:43:15","slug":"cataloguing-at-hertford-college-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/cataloguing-at-hertford-college-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataloguing at Hertford College\u00a0Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Print-catalogue-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A page from Hertford's typed catalogue listing dozens of books per page, with handwritten additions.\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Print-catalogue-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Print-catalogue-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>A page from Hertford&#8217;s typed catalogue listing dozens of books per page, with handwritten additions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">When the current project to catalogue Hertford\u2019s books started in 2018 only a small proportion of the books had been added to the University\u2019s online library catalogue, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">SOLO<\/a>. For the past few decades the main source of information about the collection had been an unpublished typewritten list with minimal information and little detail of provenance or physical condition. The few existing records already in the SOLO online catalogue had been added as part of larger Oxford projects, but this current project aims to add detailed records for all books in Hertford\u2019s rare books collection to the online catalogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first books to be catalogued were around 200 volumes that had previously been on loan to Oxford University Press as part of their \u201cPrinter\u2019s Library\u201d. These were mainly books printed in England during the 17th and 18th centuries covering a wide range of subjects from sermons to chess playing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Printers-library-inner-cover.jpeg\" alt=\"The Printer's Library bookplate on the inside of a Hertford book.\" data-id=\"270\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Printers-library-inner-cover.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/cataloguing-at-hertford-college-library\/printers-library-inner-cover\/\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Printers-library-inner-cover.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Printers-library-inner-cover-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Shelf-of-books-from-printers-library.jpeg\" alt=\"A selection of the books on the shelves, with distinctive added publication date in gold at the base of their spines.\" data-id=\"271\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Shelf-of-books-from-printers-library.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/cataloguing-at-hertford-college-library\/shelf-of-books-from-printers-library\/\" class=\"wp-image-271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Shelf-of-books-from-printers-library.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Shelf-of-books-from-printers-library-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-book-in-printers-library-engraving-of-sheldonian.jpeg\" alt=\"Title page of 1714 book with printed image of Sheldonian Theatre.\" data-id=\"272\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-book-in-printers-library-engraving-of-sheldonian.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/cataloguing-at-hertford-college-library\/title-page-from-book-in-printers-library-engraving-of-sheldonian\/\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-book-in-printers-library-engraving-of-sheldonian.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-book-in-printers-library-engraving-of-sheldonian-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"> Left: The Printer\u2019s Library bookplate on the inside of a Hertford book. Centre: a selection of the books on the shelves, with distinctive added publication date in gold at the base of their spines. Right: Title page of a book once in the Printer\u2019s Library, printed in just a few minutes away from Hertford in Oxford\u2019s Sheldonian Theatre in 1714.&nbsp; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shelved alongside these was one particularly large and fascinating volume which was given to Hertford by F.D.S. Darwin (matriculated Queen\u2019s, 1883) in 1934. This collection of broadsides contains 43 items, spanning 200 years. They are mostly proclamations, declarations and narratives relating to events from the reign of Charles I to Queen Anne, nearly half of which relate to the English Civil War and Interregnum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"802\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Charles-I-proclamation.jpeg\" alt=\"Single printed page of text with royal symbol at top\" data-id=\"278\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Charles-I-proclamation.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/charles-i-proclamation\/\" class=\"wp-image-278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Charles-I-proclamation.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Charles-I-proclamation-224x300.jpeg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cromwell-proclamation.jpeg\" alt=\"Single printed page of text with Protectorate symbol at top\" data-id=\"277\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cromwell-proclamation.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/cromwell-proclamation\/\" class=\"wp-image-277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cromwell-proclamation.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/cromwell-proclamation-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/napoleon-bulletin-1821.jpeg\" alt=\"Single printed page of text in French\" data-id=\"276\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/napoleon-bulletin-1821.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/napoleon-bulletin-1821\/\" class=\"wp-image-276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/napoleon-bulletin-1821.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/napoleon-bulletin-1821-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"> Left: Proclamation by Charles I (1633). Centre: Proclamation by Oliver Cromwell (1654). Right: Napoleonic bulletin (1812) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also several very rare sheets; for example, the 28th bulletin of Napoleon\u2019s \u201cgrande arm\u00e9e\u201d issued in November 1812 when he arrived at Smolensk, relating various successes (and omitting losses), concluding with the sentence: \u201cLa sant\u00e9 de l\u2019Empereur n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 meilleure\u201d <em>[translation: the health of the Emperor has never been better]<\/em>. The volume also contains the only recorded surviving copy of the \u201cThe St. Lucia gazette, or, General intelligencer\u201d printed on St Lucia on October 21, 1780 and gives a variety of information from items for sale to information relating to the American Revolution. Each item within the collection has been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/primo-explore\/search?query=any,contains,URL.6.1%281%29&amp;tab=local&amp;search_scope=LSCOP_HER&amp;vid=SOLO&amp;lang=en_US&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\">individually catalogued in the online catalogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/broadsides-spine-label.jpeg\" alt=\"Section of leather book spine with 'Broadsides 1633-1812' embossed in gold\" data-id=\"275\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/broadsides-spine-label.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/broadsides-spine-label\/\" class=\"wp-image-275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/broadsides-spine-label.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/broadsides-spine-label-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/St-Lucia-gazette-close-up.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of title and top three columns of printed sheet of text\" data-id=\"279\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/St-Lucia-gazette-close-up.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/st-lucia-gazette-close-up\/\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/St-Lucia-gazette-close-up.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/St-Lucia-gazette-close-up-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/St-Lucia-gazette-close-up-768x574.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"> Left: The spine label of the broadsides volume, the book is so large that it is stored flat.&nbsp;Right: St Lucia Gazette (1780) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"574\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-benefactors-book.jpeg\" alt=\"Tall, narrow book held open by book snakes. Book open to show hand drawn red and black in title page.\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-benefactors-book.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-from-benefactors-book-209x300.jpeg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>The title page of Hertford&#8217;s Benefactors Book.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cataloguing an early printed book involves looking at three areas: the bibliographic text, the materials used to construct the book and the provenance. The resulting record which appears on the library catalogue therefore holds a great deal of information which will enable researchers and academics to locate books and texts which fall into their sphere of interest more easily. With the increase in the numbers of texts which have been digitised, often the scholarly interest will lie in textual differences, manuscript annotations and ownership, all of which will be evident from the catalogue record in a way which was not previously available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unpicking the provenance trails of early printed books can shed so much light on the history of a collection, especially where written records may no longer exist. The pattern of ownership in college libraries in Oxford is typically a mix of bequest, donation and purchase, with the emphasis on bequest and donation, and this is particularly so at Hertford. Hertford\u2019s early printed books have a somewhat complicated provenance trail. The collection combines the earlier libraries of Hart Hall and Magdalen Hall, which were the predecessors of the current Hertford College (for more on this see our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/and-more\/college-history\" target=\"_blank\">history of the college<\/a>). We are lucky to still have the Benefactors Book from Magdalen Hall, which records donations from the 1650s to 1730s and often provides useful information. Books can be matched with entries in the Benefactors Book which has proved invaluable in identifying previous owners and their roles in the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"552\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/entry-in-benefactors-book.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of hand written entry in red and black ink reads 'Richard: Day Tonsor Aulae Magd: dedit Greenhamio opera.'\" data-id=\"282\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/entry-in-benefactors-book.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/entry-in-benefactors-book\/\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/entry-in-benefactors-book.jpeg 763w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/entry-in-benefactors-book-300x217.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"457\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-marginalia-from-richard-day-barber.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of printed title page of book with handwritten 'ex dono Richard Daye tonsoris Aulae Magd:'\" data-id=\"283\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-marginalia-from-richard-day-barber.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/title-page-marginalia-from-richard-day-barber\/\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-marginalia-from-richard-day-barber.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/title-page-marginalia-from-richard-day-barber-300x229.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"341\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/SOLO-copy-specific-notes.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of 17 lines of copy-specific notes in online catalogue record about provenance and binding of a rare book\" data-id=\"285\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/SOLO-copy-specific-notes.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/solo-copy-specific-notes\/\" class=\"wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/SOLO-copy-specific-notes.jpeg 673w, https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/SOLO-copy-specific-notes-300x152.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Left: Entry in the Benefactors Book for Richard Daye\u2019s donation. He is listed as Magdalen Hall\u2019s barber. Centre: Close up of the handwritten donation note on the title page of the book.&nbsp;Right: Detailed notes about Hertford\u2019s copy in catalogue record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the cataloguing continues, the college\u2019s understanding of the connections alumni and other donors have had to the libraries of Magdalen Hall, Hart Hall and Hertford College over the centuries is growing. This helps us learn about life at the halls and college in the past and answer archival queries about old members and staff too. The new catalogue records are making it easier for researchers from around the world to learn about Hertford\u2019s collections. This detailed information is helpful for researchers unable to visit the collections in person, and those tentatively planning potential trips to Oxford. We also hope that, by making the books easier to discover, this will lead to more enquiries and requests to visit the collection in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources and&nbsp;links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford\u2019s library catalogue, SOLO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-cat.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hertford College\u2019s Archives catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/and-more\/rarebooks-archives\/rare-books\/treasures\" target=\"_blank\">Treasures from Hertford\u2019s rare books collection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/tag\/17th-century\/\" rel=\"tag\">17th century<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/tag\/18th-century\/\" rel=\"tag\">18th century<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/tag\/benefactors-book\/\" rel=\"tag\">Benefactors Book<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/tag\/cale\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cale<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/tag\/donation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Donation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sophie Floate, Rare Books Cataloguer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,11,8,7,9],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rare-books","tag-17th-century","tag-18th-century","tag-benefactors-book","tag-cale","tag-donation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Shelf-of-books-from-printers-library.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/library-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}