Commonplace book of Henry Fairfax on theological topics, ca. 1670?.

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Commonplace book of Henry Fairfax on theological topics, ca. 1670?.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427383309

Most pages have a subject heading in Latin, followed by short remarks or quotations from the Bible, early fathers, etc. Many pages have only the heading, and some 200 pages are blank.

740, [6] p.

lat,

eng,

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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