Cambridge Library Collection

"The University Library and Cambridge University Press have recently embarked on a joint business venture. Over the next three years, CUP's Cambridge Library Collection will digitise important works from the Library's holdings, with writings by Charles Darwin and his circle, studies on Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Handel and Wagner. The selected out-of-print and out-of-copyright books span the 'long nineteenth century from the late 1780s to the early 1900s, including works of the greatest nineteenth-century mathematicians, and a range of books on Cambridge from the serious to the scandalous. The titles have been selected by academic experts as monographs that are still used by scholars or recommended to students. 'Cambridge Library Collection' was officially launched by CUP on 29 July 2009 with an initial 475 titles. The books, which have been digitised to 'good as new' standards, are now available for purchase worldwide using the latest 'print-on-demand' technology. Each paperback has received a new cover design and includes information about its relevance to today’s reader"