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241. Add MS 78349

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXII. `Directions for the Gardiner at Says Court: But which may be of Use for other Gardens'; 1687 (f. 4), with later additions by Evelyn up to the 1690s, and by his grandson, Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bart., the latter relating to plantings at Wotton between 1710 and 1735. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1687
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1 item

242. Add MS 78350

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXIII (ff. ii + 76). 1. ff. 1-73. `Numismata. A Discourse of Medals'; [bef. 1697]. Autograph draft (ff. 1-61), probably begun as a fair copy, but with many cancelled passages and changes, and the note by Evelyn, `foule copy', on the fly-leaf. Paginated 1-120 by Evelyn...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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[before 1697]
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1 item

243. Add MS 78351

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXIV (ff. 176+87*+169*). Miscellaneous papers by or collected by Evelyn, relating to language, education, heraldry, etc.; including fragmentary works and notes. For related material, removed from the archive by William Upcott, see Add. MS 15950, ff. 81-105, 111-121. 1. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

244. Add MS 78352 A

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A. Exercises in French grammar; 1643. With Evelyn’s ownership signature and motto on the fly-leaf, `Turoniis 1643’. Formerly Evelyn MS 121. ff. ii + 11. 185 x 145mm.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1643
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1 item

245. Add MS 78352 A-B

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXV A, B.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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[1643-1644]
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2 items

246. Add MS 78352 B

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B. `Receuil des mots qui soubs mesmes prononciation ont des significations differentes. Dispose en ordre alphabetiques’; 1644. French. In the same hand as the preceding, and including a few pencil sketches on blank pages. With Evelyn’s signature on the title-page, `Turoniis. Sept: 18: 1644’, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1644
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1 item

247. Add MS 78353

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXVI. John Evelyn, An Essay on the First Book of T. Lucretius Carus, De rerum natura. Interpreted and Made English Verse. London: Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins, 1656. Printed, with autograph inscription, a note on the verso of the title-page concerning the many mispr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1656
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1 item

248. 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
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English
Date Range:
1656-1657
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4 items

249. Add MS 78353-78359

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Verse and Drama
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
[1600-1706]
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7 items

250. Add MS 78354

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXVII. Translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura, books III-VI (to line 694); 1656-1657. Autograph fair copy of a text which was never published, Evelyn claiming that the `ill successe' of the first volume `at the printers discouraged me from troubling the world with the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1656-1657
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1 item