Miscellaneorum Liber, 1664-1669
Scope and Contents
These might be referred to loosely as commonplace books. Extracts of texts by others predominate alongside original notes by Kirk.
Dates
- Creation: 1664-1669
Creator
Physical Description
Bound volume, comprising: 3 modern fly leaves; 1 original fly leaf (19th cent. note on verso – biographical on Robert Kirk); Subtitled sections; Paginated 1-269. Text finishes on p.[272] Thereafter “Characters” (unpaginated) – Theophrastean characters (summaries of), followed by other notes. 83 leaves total.; Last leaf is blank; Suggestion of some disorder / binding error at end. 3 modern leaves at end; Dates on p.26 of 1664, 1668 and on p.103 of 1669.
Extent
1 volume
Physical Description
Bound volume, comprising: 3 modern fly leaves; 1 original fly leaf (19th cent. note on verso – biographical on Robert Kirk); Subtitled sections; Paginated 1-269. Text finishes on p.[272] Thereafter “Characters” (unpaginated) – Theophrastean characters (summaries of), followed by other notes. 83 leaves total.; Last leaf is blank; Suggestion of some disorder / binding error at end. 3 modern leaves at end; Dates on p.26 of 1664, 1668 and on p.103 of 1669.
Creator
Repository Details
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