EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXXXIII (ff. 130). 1. ff. 1-85. Letters to John Evelyn from his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Browne and Elizabeth (Pretyman); 1652-1705. 2. ff. 86-89. Letters from his daughters Mary (1665-1685), 1681, and Elizabeth (1667-1685), 1685. 3. ff. 90-130. Letters from h...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXXXVIII (ff. 89). Letters to Evelyn from his sister Jane (1616-1651), 1638-1651 (including one draft reply); her husband William Glanville, 1642-1694, and their son William Glanville, 1695-1702. William Granville’s first letter is in Latin. A number of the letters have be...
D. `The Communion of Saints, in A Private Office'; [1672-1674?]. Autograph. Presented to Margaret Blagge. With the pentacle symbol on the first and last leaves. Paginated by Evelyn 1-2[9]. The last leaf is fragmentary. Formerly part of Evelyn MS 206. ff. 15. Quarto gatherings, sewn. 190...
C. Crude engraved version of the same, labelled `John Evelyn Esq.’, with hand-coloured border, and `ob. 1706’ and a cropped pagination reference added in manuscript; 18th cent. Probably a book illustration. 200 x 130mm.
D. Crude engraved version of the same, `A Bannerman Sculp’; labelled `John Evelyn Esq., and in the top right corner, `P.67’; 17th-18th cent. 295 x 235mm.
I. Version of the preceding, with oak tree branches joined across the upper part of the oval surround; `Published by Dr Thornton December 20, 1800’. 240 x 200mm.
C. Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Motet, `Si linguis hominum'; bef. 1645. Latin.Copy in an Italian hand, with decorative initial letter S in ink. Nine hand-ruled staves to a page. With an inscription on the front cover by Evelyn, `Coll. JEvelynus: Romae Aprilis: 11: 1645'., the motto `Meliora ...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLVIII. `De Vita Propria Pars Prima' (title as lettered on the spine): a revised version of Add. MS 78323 up to 29 Oct. 1644; comp. circa 1700 and later. Autograph in a small book-hand, but with the last sentence finished (from the comparable passage in Add. MS 78323 above...