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Letters from Jeremy Taylor to John Evelyn

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8540

Scope and Contents

An original letter, 15 November 1656, 1 page, concerning Evelyn's translation of Lucretius, and two facsimiles of a letter of 29 August 1657, 1 page, expressing Taylor's religious beliefs and discussing the question of the immortality of the soul and the origin of God. There are also 3 extracts from Bernard Quaritch's catalogue, describing the second letter.

Dates

  • Creation: 1656-1657

Creator

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 collection (1 portfolio paper, along with 5 loose sheets, paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1982.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available

Related Materials

Cambridge University Library holds a letter from Richard Bentley to John Evelyn, MS.Add.5952 and John Evelyn: 'Rules and observations in the propagation and planting of trees,' MS Add.8529.

Bibliography

No. 3969 in Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Bibliotheca bibliographici (London, 1964), p. 399.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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