Commonplace book with extracts of writings by Michel de Montaine and other writers, Late seventeenth century
Scope and Contents
Contents include: collections from 'Mountaine his Essayes'; collections from 'The Historye of Scanderbegge'; collections from 'Charron, de Sapientiâ'; collections from 'Sleiden's Comentaries'; 'Collections out of Perkins'; 'Collections out of the Vocall Forist'; 'Collections out of Donne's Lettres'; 'Excerpta ex Marcelli Paling: Signis Yodiacis'.
Dates
- Creation: Late seventeenth century
Creator
- Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 (philosopher) (Person)
- Donne, John, 1572-1631 (poet and Church of England clergyman) (Person)
- Stellato, Marcello Palingenio, c 1500-1543 (Italian poet) (Person)
- Pierre, Charron, 1541-1603 (theologian, philosopher and humanist) (Person)
- Sleiden, John, 1506-1556 (historian, humanist and diplomat) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
1 volume(s) (c. 132 pages.)
Language of Materials
French
English
Custodial History
Beneath the book-plate on the fly-leaf can be distinguished 'E. Revell'. In the Library by the mid 1750s.
Physical Description
Paper.
Topical
Repository Details
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