Hesperides, or, The Muses garden [manuscript], compiled ca. 1655-1659.

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Hesperides, or, The Muses garden [manuscript], compiled ca. 1655-1659.

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Autograph manuscript of John Evans. An anthology of quotations from 16th and 17th century authors arranged alphabetically by subject with a list, at the end, of the works and their authors from which the quotations are taken, such as Bacon, Burton, Chapman, Crashaw, Jonson, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney and Suckling.

1 v. ; 30 x 19 cm.

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Burton, Robert, 1577-1640

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Milton, John, 1608-1674

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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634

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Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889

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