Identity area
Reference code
GB 2198 GC/LIB/04/04
Title
Catalogue of the Davy Library in the Lodge, Gonville and Caius College
Date(s)
- 1968 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 envelope
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Martin Davy, the 29th Master of Caius, left his library to the College as part of his bequest. The collection was originally housed at the Heacham estate, which had also been part of Davy's gift to the College, until the Second World War, when it was moved into the main body of the College. The Librarian chose a number of books to be incorporated into the main College Library, and the remainder were housed in the Master's Lodge.
Catalogue of the Davy library, together with an explanatory letter by Joseph Needham.