Notebook containing extracts from Jean de Serres, Inventaire général de l'histoire de France (first printed in 1597), after 1597
File
MS. Eng. hist. g. 23
Held at the Weston Library
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
Other Finding Aids
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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