Classicist David Butterfield’s 20,000-Volume Library Tour
YouTuber Timothy Kenny has unveiled a two-and-a-half-hour video showcasing classicist David Butterfield’s extensive library, which boasts 20,000 books. This tour features the entire Loeb Classical Library, the I Tatti Renaissance Library, and the Pauly-Wissowa encyclopedias. Butterfield, who teaches Latin at Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia, has an academic background that includes previous roles at Cambridge. His collection journey began during his student years, and he now aspires to reach 10,000 books, having already surpassed that goal. This video marks the most extensive bookshelf tour ever recorded.
Key facts
- David Butterfield's library contains 20,000 volumes.
- The video tour is two and a half hours long.
- Includes complete Loeb Classical Library, I Tatti Renaissance Library, and Pauly-Wissowa encyclopedias.
- Butterfield is Provost and Professor of Latin at Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia.
- He previously spent two decades at Cambridge.
- Ralston College received its first cohort in 2022.
- Butterfield said in 2008 he aimed for 10,000 books.
- YouTuber Timothy Kenny filmed the tour.
Entities
Artists
- David Butterfield
Institutions
- Ralston College
- Cambridge University
- Oxford University Press
- Loeb Classical Library
- I Tatti Renaissance Library
- Pauly-Wissowa
Locations
- Savannah
- Georgia
- United States
- Cambridge
- England
- United Kingdom