[Commonplace book]. [169-?]

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[Commonplace book]. [169-?]

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Commonplace book of Philip Stanhope, the 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. Excerpted items include passages from philosophical works by Machiavelli, Descartes, Aristotle, and Hobbes, historical works by George Buchanan, Sir Richard Baker and religious works including the Irenicum of Edward Stillingfleet, among other things.

[344] p. in various pagings, bound ; 26 cm.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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