'An Essay towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire, by me John Aubrey of Easton-Pierse'
MS. Aubrey 3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'An Essay towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire, by me John Aubrey of Easton-Pierse'
Shelfmark
MS. Aubrey 3
Summary
'An Essay towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire, by me John Aubrey of Easton-Pierse', called on the outside of the original parchment cover 'Hypomnemata Antiquaria A.' The arrangement is irregular, but the places of each Hundred are together: and there are many drawings, especially of arms, often coloured:
The Index, dated 1660-94, is at fol. 190
On fol. 215 is the fatal entry that William Aubrey borrowed the second volume of his brother's work ('Hypomnemata B': South Wiltshire ?) from the Ashmolean on Aug. 14, 1703: it has entirely dropped out of sight, although traced to Alderton in 1783, and to Thomas Thorpe the bookseller (from the Heber sale) in 1836
A letter of William Aubrey, Jan. 7, 1694/5, is at fol. 155
A specimen of 'old Mr. Th: Hobbes' writing is on fol. 216
Date
Written from 1659 to about 1694, but chiefly in 1671 by J. Aubrey
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
234 Leaves
Acquisition
Presented to the Ashmolean by the author.
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Collection contents
'An Essay towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire, by me John Aubrey of Easton-Pierse'
