Add MS 78223-78224

EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. LVI, LVII. General correspondence of Browne; circa 1624-1683. Partly drafts. Partly Latin, Greek and French. Many of the writers are members of his extended family and household servants, including James Stephens, 1643-1675; Thomas Batty, 1643-1680; Edward, Francis, George and Susan Hungerford, 1646-1669; George, Mary and Samuel Tuke, 1646-1674; William Peters, 1647-1649; Samuel and Elizabeth Camby, 1650-1674; and John Higgins, 1669-1673. Also included are letters, partly in Latin, relating to Browne’s early years at Merton College, Oxford, circa 1624-1632, including one from John Earle, al. Earles, circa March 1630/1, with whom also he corresponded, 1656-1657, mostly in Latin and Greek, on literary matters, etc. A series of letters, 1653-1654, from his housekeeper in Paris, Anne Castle, or Cassell, wife (1654) of Guillaume Saradin, relates to his official residence there. For letters of Richard Bellings, Irish historian, 1659 and n.d., with verses in English and Latin, see Add. MS 78233 below.

Two volumes.