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Title
[Commonplace book], [1681-1683].
Physical Description
1 v. (94 p.) ; 20 x 16 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Tipped in: a chart titled "Synopsis of Ethicks."
Inside front cover: "James Tighe Esquire 1840 Dublin July" and other pen trials.
Front flyleaf: pen trials, a list of accounts, and the signatures "James Tig" and "Richard Cromleholm."
At end of text, an account of college expenses from 1693 to 1696.
Inscription inside back cover: "Richard Cromleholm Bury his booke 1683."
Binding: full sheep.
In English.
Provenance
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Summary
Manuscript on paper, in multiple hands, of a collection of essays primarily on abstract political, economic, military, and philosophical subjects. Contents include A System of Munitions or Fortifications; A System of Oeconomicks; Of Common Places, or Memoriall Bookes; Of Professions & Callings; and An Appendix of ye Souls of Brutes. An essay titled A Systeme of Politiques is annotated "Begun the 25. 8ber 1681."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2005
References
Richard Cromleholm, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Richard Cromleholm, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Commonplace books.
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