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'A catalogue of books in the library of Rufford belonging to my Lord Marquiss of Halifax in the year 1693'. Arranged according the place of books on the shelves.

Scope and Contents (1) ‘Etrennes ou conseils (avis) d’un homme de qualité à sa fille’; this is a translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700 (and see MSS Dd.06.15, Dd.09.42 and Dd.11.56); (2) an explanation of some of the statutes of Merton College, Oxford, written when Richard Lydal was Warden (1693-1704); (3) ‘A paraphrase on the song of the three children, in irregular stanzas’, a poem of 44 stanzas of about 20...

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Translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700. This appears to be a rough draft of the translation of which the most finished form is to be found in MS Dd.05.77, no. 1 (and see also MSS Dd.06.15 and Dd.09.42).

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A translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700. The manuscript has many corrections throughout, which are incorporated into the text of MS Dd.05.77, no. 1. See also MSS Dd.09.42 and Dd.11.56.

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This is a translation into French of ‘Advice to a daughter’, which was printed among ‘Miscellanies of the late lord Marquess of Halifax’, London, 1700. It is in the same handwriting as MS Dd.05.77 no.1 (and see also MSS Dd.06.15 and Dd.11.56), with many corrections interlineated.