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The Bodleian Library--the library of the University of Oxford--is one of the oldest public libraries in Europe and ranks among Oxford's greatest contributions to 17th-century culture. This facsimile reprint of the first printed catalogue, compiled in 1605 by Bodley's first librarian, yields unique insight both into the development of the Bodleian during its early years and into the way books and manuscripts were classified and arranged before the establishment of standard cataloguing procedures.