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| A pamphlet from one of the many religious controversies
of the seventeenth century, appearing to cast doubt on the usefulness
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School & University
The resources for learning come in numerous forms. Among the millions
of ‘educational’ books in Cambridge University Library,
a large number consciously adopt a didactic style. These are works
of instruction or advice, volumes that deliberately and directly
address the needs of pupils and students, young and not so young,
working in a wide range of subjects. Fashions in and methods of
teaching have changed across the centuries – faster in some
fields than in others – and the study of pedagogical literature
has itself become a rewarding and fascinating area of research.
Appreciating this interest, and the particular strengths of collections
found in a great University Library, the Friends have supported
with enthusiasm new purchases of textbooks, grammars, dictionaries
and manuals, from every period and every part of the world.
Items on display
Martin Luther (1483-1546), An die Radherrn aller stedte deutsches
lands: das sie Christlische Schulen auffrichten und hallten sollen,
Wittemberg, 1524 (F152.b.1.2); Lucas Loss (1508-1582), Epitome
bibliorum sacrorum utriusque testamenti, Frankfurt, 1579 (Rel.d.57.6);
[J. G. van Heldoren], (fl. seventeenth century), A new and easy
English grammar / Een nieuwe en gemakkelijke Engelsche Spraak-konst,
Amsterdam, 1675 (F167.e.5.17); George Whitehead (1637-1724), The
key of knowledge not found in the University Library of Cambridge…,
London, 1660 (Syn.7.66.136); Francis Blomefield (1702-1752), Collectanea
Cantabrigiensia, Norwich, 1750 (Adv.a.63.2); Isaiah Berlin
(1909-1997), letter to Herbert Butterfield, London, 1 September
1953 (from MS Butterfield 122/6); William Spooner (fl.
nineteenth century), Spooner’s pictorial map of England
& Wales arranged as an amusing and instructive game for youth.
Illustrated with upwards of one hundred & twenty views,
London, 1844, accompanied by instruction booklet, London, 1848 (Maps.18.G.791-2);
Franklin Kopitzsch and Dirk Brietzke, eds, Hamburgische Biografie
Personenlexikon, Band 1, Hamburg, 2001 (574.7.b.200.2). View
exhibit captions.
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