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251. Add MS 78355

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXVIII. Translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura, book VI (from line 696); 11 Sept. 1657 (dated by Evelyn at the end, as the date of completion). Autograph draft, on disbound quarto gatherings, with stubs of several leaves (ff. 1-3) torn off at the beginning. Presumabl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Sep 1657
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1 item

252. Add MS 78356

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXIX. Commentary on Lucretius, De rerum natura, books III to VI, to accompany the above translation; 1656-1657. Autograph draft in a rough cursive hand, preceded by a draft preface(?) in a later hand, concerning his motives for undertaking the work. The main text is wri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1656-1657
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1 item

253. 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
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English
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17th century
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1 item

254. 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
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English
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Early 1660s
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1 item

255. 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. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1600-1706
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1 item

256. Add MS 78360

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Vol. CXCIII
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17th century
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1 item

257. Add MS 78360-78361

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vols CXCIII, CXCIV. Evelyn's Bible, two volume folio edition printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, printers to the University of Cambridge, 1638, interleaved with blank leaves. On these and in the margins are many autograph annotations. The leaf preceding each of the title-pages contains an engraved design encircling a blank medallion for the recording of personal or family memoranda. On the verso of this leaf in the first volume is the autograph inscription, `E Libris Evel...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17th century
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2 items

258. Add MS 78360-78392

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Devotional Manuscripts 78360-78392. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols CXCIII, CCXXV. These are the most extensive category in the archive. They consist of notes and commentaries on the Bible, sermon notes, essays on religious subjects, but chiefly of private devotional works and meditations. Many of them were written or adapted for, or otherwise associated with Margaret Blagge (1652-1678), the maid of honour at the Restoration court, with whom Evelyn made a pact of spiritual friendship in October 1672...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1600-1740]
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40 items

259. Add MS 78361

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Vol. CXCIV
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17th century
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1 item

260. Add MS 78362

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXCV. `Analecta and Notes upon several places & Difficulties of the New Testament'; n.d. Autograph. Covering all the books of the New Testament by chapter and verse, but as indicated by the note at the end of Add. MS 78361 above, the notes for the four gospels and the Act...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1600-1740]
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1 item