Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1625.

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Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1625.

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Maxims taken from a large volume with the folio number added at the end of each extract. Many of the maxims are from the Fathers and the classics. On leaf 15, 58v-60, and on the four detached leaves, a later person has added, ca. 1630, passages from [George] Hakewill's An apologie (STC 12612), Sir Walter Raleigh's The history of the World, [André Favyn's] The theater of honour (STC 10717), and elsewhere. On leaf 20 is a poem beginning, "Ah wreched they that worship vanitie." Also includes 4 leaves in envelope at the end of volume.

84 leaves.

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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...

Hakewill, George, 1578-1649

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Epithet: Rector of Exeter College, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x0000b9 ...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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Favyn, André

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