Back a Book Donation Form

Thank you for supporting the Back a Book initiative.

Your contribution helps preserve the historic collections of the Pepys Library, ensuring that these valuable books can be studied and exhibited for future generations.

The cost of conserving each book is listed below. Those who fund the full conservation of an item will receive:

• A Conservation Report, detailing the restoration work with before-and-after photographs.
• Acknowledgement in the online catalogue record, where applicable (currently for printed books only).
• Recognition in the Pepys Library section of the College website and in the Friends of the Pepys Library Newsletter.

If you wish to fund the conservation of a book in full, please write the title in the textbox on the donation form.

• PL 1281: “The dīvān of Anvarī”, 17th Century (Pepys Library) - Cost to conserve: £160.00
• PL 1554: “Horologion Slavonice”, 16th century (Pepys Library) - Cost to conserve: £200.00
• PL 1760: “Chansonnier”, early 16th century (Pepys Library) - Cost to conserve: £200.00
• PL 2365: “The Workes…Newly Printed”, by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1602 (Pepys Library) - Cost to conserve: £280.00
• Licence in Mortmain, 1589 (College Archives) - Cost to conserve: £480.00
• ‘Les Méditations Métaphysiques’, by René Descartes, 1681 (Old Library) - Cost to conserve: £760.00
• Works of Walter Hilton, 15th Century (Old Library) - Cost to conserve: £1400.00

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