Catalog of Sir Edward Dering's books [manuscript], compiled ca. 1640-ca. 1642.

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Catalog of Sir Edward Dering's books [manuscript], compiled ca. 1640-ca. 1642.

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Includes books on travel and many religious subjects. Gives the date, place of publication, cost and location of the volumes. Leaves 11-12 are a list of the books on "Pontificii et orthodoxos". Also includes a list of manuscripts, historical, heraldical and armorial, May 20, 1638.

18 leaves.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644

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Sir Edward Dering (b. Tower of London, January 28, 1598-d. 1644) was a British politician and antiquarian. His inheritance enabled him to indulge his interest in collecting manuscripts. He became a member of Parliament, but his controversial platforms regarding church and state caused him to be imprisoned. He agreed to support the king, but was an ineffectual soldier, and gratefully retired to his antiquarian interests as well as publishing various speeches and correspondence....