York Minster has the largest cathedral library in England. The
original library was established in the eighth century, but nothing
survives from this period. A new collection was begun in 1414 when
John Newton left books to the Minster, and a new library was
erected. Further bequests followed - including in 1628 the
important collection of Tobie Matthew, archbishop of York - which
reflect the religious controversies of the sixteenth century. Today
the library contains some 120,000 items, of which more than 25,000
were printed before 1801. This catalogue, published in 1896, was
compiled by James Raine (1830-96), chancellor of York Minster, a
leading figure in the nineteenth-century restoration of the
library. It contains an alphabetical list of most of the printed
books that were then in the library, but does not include recent
theological acquisitions or the bequest by Edward Hailstone
(d.1890) of 10,000 items on Yorkshire.
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