Cambridge university library has a varied collection of medieval manuscripts ranging from books which were in the original university library before the invention of printing to volumes which have been bought by the library from time to time in london salerooms manuscripts which were in the library before the middle of the nineteenth century bear two letter classmarks and are among those catalogued in the old printed catalogue see catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the library of . The origin of the english nation cambridge library collection medieval history by h munro chadwick paperback details details see also leather bound details see also leather bound isbn 978 1 108 01006 1 isbn 10 1 108 01006 7 cambridge university press 2010 see also 2010 printed access code the origin of the english nation cambridge library collection medieval . The cotton collection at the british library comprises more than 1400 manuscripts and over 1500 charters rolls and seals and reflects sir roberts deep interest in english history the importance of his collection is reflected in fact that 61 manuscripts featured in this project are cotton manuscripts such as aelfwines prayer book now cotton ms titus d xxvi cottons manuscripts . The cambridge history of medieval english literature edited by david wallace pcm includes bibliographical references p and index isbn 0 521 44420 9 1 english literature middle english 1100 1500 history and criticism 2 english literature early modern 1500 1700 history and criticism 3 great britain . Tutored in natural history by charles darwin in his youth he remained fascinated by evolutionary theory it influenced his archaeological and anthropological work including pre historic times as illustrated by ancient remains 1865 and the origin of civilisation and the primitive condition of man 1870 both reissued in the cambridge library collection volume 2 focuses on lubbocks later