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1. Add MS 78353-78356

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vols CLXXXVI-CLXXXIX. Manuscripts relating to Evelyn's project for publishing a verse translation with commentary of Lucretius' De rerum natura; 1656-1657. Only the translation of the first book was ever published. No manuscripts relating to the second book are known to survive. The project, which reflected Evelyn's interest in the new science as well as in classical literature and philosophy, is discussed in his letters to Sir Richard Browne of 1656-57 in Add. MS 78221. See ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1656-1657
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 78357

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXC. Quarto notebook containing autograph fair copies of Evelyn's occasional verse, in three sections with some blank leaves between each; 17th cent. Many leaves discoloured by damp, with some fading of text. Beal EvJ 6. Formerly Evelyn MS 124. ff. 69. Paginated `1-68' ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 78358

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXCI. `Thersander. A Tragi-Comedy'; early 1660s. Autograph fair copy, signed by Evelyn on the title-page, with many deletions and alterations. An incomplete play in blank verse, never completed or performed, but see The Diary of Samuel Pepys, ed. Robert Latham and William ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 1660s
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 78359

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXCII (ff. 55). Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, including verse, inscriptions and epitaphs by, addressed to, or otherwise associated with John Evelyn; circa 1634-1706. 1. ff. 1-4. Act I, Scene 1 of `The Originals. A Comedy', by Evelyn; [1660s?]. Autograph fair copy. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1600-1706
Extent:
1 item

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