The first book-length study of the famous pre-1600 library at Corpus Christi College, one of the few college libraries to survive in its original form and with many of its original books in contemporary bindings.

Lecture 1: Richard Fox: The Concept and Foundation of the College
Lecture 2: John Claymond: Executor of Fox's Erasmian Programme
Lecture 3: The Library in the Age of Elizabeth
Appendix A: Surviving Books from the College Library to 1589
Appendix B: A Letter of John Claymond to an unidentified old friend
Appendix C: A Letter of Thomas Linacre to John Claymond
Appendix D: Extracts from the College Accounts relevant to the Library