'Designatio de Easton-Piers in Com: Wilts. Per me (heu!) infortunatum Johannem Awbrey R.S. Socium ... Anno Domini 1669': a series of coloured views of Easton Piercy (in Kington-St.-Michael parish near Chippenham), Written and drawn in 1669 by John Aubrey
File
MS. Aubrey 17
Held at the Weston Library
Including the house, grounds, neighbourhood, and prospects, with a few notes interspersed, bound together in 1682. Aubrey's armorial book-plate is at fol. 2v.
Dates
- Creation: Written and drawn in 1669 by John Aubrey
Extent
22 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Aubrey 17
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 8073.
Custodial History
Manuscript acquired by the Bodleian Library ('G. 7').
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by Aubrey to the Ashmolean in (?) 1691.
Physical Facet
On paper.
Dimensions
14 × 9 5/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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