Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White, First President of Cornell University, Vol 1 The Protestant Reformation and Its Forerunners Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White, First President of Cornell University, Vol. 1: The Protestant Reformation and Its Forerunners

III. And the Trustees of the University shall also set apart the sum of ten thousand dollars to be appropriated and used for the preparation and publication, as a whole or in parts, of a catalogue of the works embraced in the several divisions of my library. And if any part of the said sum of ten thousand dollars shall remain after the said catalogue shall have been prepared and printed, then and in that case a sum equal to the annual interest of the said residue at six per cent. Shall be annually added to the sum hereinbefore stipulated as to be set apart for the purchase of books in the fields of study to which my library is especially devoted.

IV. And inasmuch as, notwithstanding the care taken in the collection of my own library and of that of the University to avoid the duplication of books, a certain number of works have been unavoidably duplicated, it is understood that all books in my library published during the present century which are ascertained to be duplicates of books already in the possession of the University Library are withdrawn by me, and may be retained by me or by my heirs and assigns permanently. (and by duplicates I understand and here mean books identical in contents, and do not consider a book not a duplicate simply because it has a different date or is published in a different place or by a different firm. In other words, to take a book out of the category of duplicates, there must be some real and substantial difference in the text, - either increase or improvement in the matter or in the treatment.) And I also hereby stipulate that all books named in the schedule hereto annexed, being, in the main, works of comparatively small value, but which for various (and generally for personal) reasons my family or myself desire to retain, in number not exceeding five hundred volumes, may be retained by me or by them, - this said reserve not to include any of the manuscripts or reproductions of manuscripts, on vellum or paper, or early printed works, or books of especial value in connection with the history of the Revival of Learning, or of the Reformation, or of the French Revolution, or of the American Civil War, or of the Jesuits, or of Witchcraft, or of Torture, or of Education.

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