Add MS 78632

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCLXV. Library catalogue; [1687?]. The date is taken from the old vellum label now pasted inside the front cover (f. i), said to have been clearly legible when Keynes examined the volume before its present rebinding (Keynes, Evelyn: a Study in Bibliophily, p. 14), but now too faded to read; the publication dates of the books listed indicate that it cannot be earlier. The greater part of the entries are in the hand of John Evelyn junior, with additions by Evelyn senior. This is most detailed surviving catalogue of the 17^th century Evelyn library, consisting of a preliminary alphabetical index, followed by the subject categories set out below. Under these, titles are transcribed at some length, with authors, place and date of publication and format. In the lefthand margin the titles are numbered in sequence; in the right-hand margin index references and some locations are given. The index has original pagination [I]-XXVI; the body of the catalogue is paginated 1-217, but with a number of insertions detailed below. The catalogue is discussed in Keynes, pp. 13-17. Part of section 11 (ff. 101-102) is transcribed in Keynes, pp. 297-303; sections 15 and 16 (ff. 121-127) concerning engravings are transcribed by Antony Griffiths, `John Evelyn and the Print’, in F. Harris and Michael Hunter, eds, John Evelyn and his Milieu (2003), pp. 109-112. Inserted at the back of the volume (ff. vi-viii) are a 20^th cent. transcript of the music books listed on f. 118v, and notes of the sale and present whereabouts of two books from the Evelyn library. Lot 60 in Evans sale of William Upcott’s collections, 22 June 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B), and purchased by William John Evelyn. Beal EvJ 37. Formerly Evelyn MS 20a.

ff. viii + 139. Made up of gatherings and leaves of different sizes. The vellum label now inside the front cover was probably taken from an original vellum cover; this was replaced in the early 19^th century by Upcott with a russia leather binding (Keynes, p. 14); rebound in brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, Jan. 1937 (inscription on rear fly-leaf). 315 x 205mm.

Containing the following sections:

1. f. 1. `Method for a Librarie According to the Intellectual Powers', followed by several summary schemes of arrangement and press-marking, and (f. 1v) `A shorter Method for a Catalogue'. Recto and verso reproduced in Keynes, plates 3 and 4.

2. ff. 2-14v. Indexes, arranged alphabetically by author’s name or short-title, with each sequence subdivided by the subject categories below and including references to the original pagination.

3. ff. 15-40. `Libri Theologici Scholastici et Heterodoxi'. 782 + 107 + 30 numbered titles. Ff. 35v-40 are in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 1-48, 48*, 48**.

4. ff. 41-57. `Libri Historici, Ecclesiast. Gen: partic: Chronologici, Virorum Illustrium Vitae &c'. 845 numbered titles. Ff. 54-57 in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 49-76, 76*, 76**, 76***.

5. ff. 58-67. `Libri Poetici'. 630 numbered titles. Ff. 64v-67 in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 77-96.

6. ff. 68-73. `Libri Philologici Literatores et Miscellanea'. 448 numbered titles. Parts of ff. 70 and 73 in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 97-108.

7. ff. 74-80. `Libri Juridici'. 293 numbered titles. Ff. 78v-80 in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 109-120, 120*.

8. ff. 81-88. `Libri Grammatici. Logici. Rhetorici, Dictionar. Bibliothecarii, Epistolae, &c'. 308 + 66 numbered titles. Ff. 86, 88 in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 121-136.

9. ff. 89-94. `Libri Philosophici'. 204 numbered titles. Ff. 93, 94 mostly in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 137-148.

10. ff. 95-99. `Libri Medici'. 189 + 48 numbered titles. Part of f. 97v-f. 99 in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 149-158.

11. ff. 100-103. `Historiae Materiarum & Oeconom: Rei Rustici, Mechanologici &c' 127 + 36 numbered titles. Part of f. 101v- f. 103 are in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 159-166. Titles 1-127 transcribed in Keynes, pp. 297-303.

12. ff. 104-113. `Politici, et Rei Militaris'. 276 + 209 +19 numbered titles. Ff. 109-113 mostly in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated 167-182, 182*, 182**, 182***.

13. ff. 114-119. `Libri Mathematici Musici &c'. 244 + 28 + 45 numbered titles. All except the first 18 titles in the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated 183-192.

14. f. 120. `Mapps & Sea Cards &c'. With no sequential numbering, though with some non-sequential roman numbers. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 193-194. Further topgraphical material is listed in section 17 below.

15. ff. 121-122. `Graphicè Sculpture & Taille Douce in Booke & Rolls'. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 195-198.

16. ff. 123-125. `Icones &c'. Followed by some rough pencilled notes. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 199-200, 200*, 200**

17. ff. 126-127. Untitled notes, mostly in pencil, of maps and other topographical material. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 200***, 200****

18. f. 128. `Farrago: Miscellanea ...’, including political and other ephemera. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 201-202.

19. ff. 129-135. `Manuscripts’. 86 numbered items, collected by Evelyn and other members of his family, including some which can be identified amongst the present Evelyn Papers (noted in the relevant catalogue entries), and summaries of the contents of bundles and drawers containing letters and papers from the archive of Evelyn and his father-in-law, Sir Richard Browne. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 203-210.

20. ff. 136-137. `Pamphlets, stitch’d Books & Loose papers: at Lond: taken at Berkly-street 1699’. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 211-212.

21. f. 138: `Fragmenta’, printed works with a note of their place in the above subject categories. In the hand of Evelyn senior. Paginated: 213.