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Notebook containing extracts from Jean de Serres, Inventaire général de l'histoire de France (first printed in 1597), after 1597

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MS. Eng. hist. g. 23
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Commonplace books, in which Whitley collected material under general headings (e.g. 'Popes', 'Change of state', 'Rules for Princes'). Passages scored through in the rough notebooks, MSS. Eng. hist. e. 310-14, were transcribed into the fair copy MS. Eng. hist. c. 712, where the headings are arranged in rough alphabetical order.

Dates

  • Creation: after 1597

Extent

36 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. hist. g. 23

Custodial History

Mainwaring MSS. Books 36.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Sotheby's lot 118.

Physical Facet

Paper wrappers

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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