1. Add MS 78327-78333
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78327-78333
- Title:
- Commonplace Collections 78327-78333. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols CLX-CLXVI. Commonplace books or adversaria of John Evelyn; [1649-1703?]. Mostly autograph, but begun by Richard Hoare, the professional scribe whom Evelyn brought from England to Paris with him in 1649 to help `reduce my studies into a method’ (to Sir Richard Browne, 14 June 1649; Add. MS 78221), and continued by Evelyn himself after Hoare had left his service. Evelyn in Memoires for my Grandson, p. 44, recommends the making of com...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [1649-1703?]
- Extent:
- 7 items