1. Add MS 78328-78331
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78328-78331
- Title:
- EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. CLXI-CLIV. `Loci communes': a series of three volumes, with a separate index volume; [circa 1649-1680s?]. Begun in Hoare's hand and continued by Evelyn, they contain `extracts of his reading . . . sorted by subject according to the whole gamut of knowledge, human, natural and divine', so that they comprise `one of the most elaborate commonplace books to survive for the period' (Hunter, op. cit., p. 74). Evelyn was proud of his method, sending his brother in 1658 `the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [c 1649-1680s?]
- Extent:
- 4 items