'The History or Annals of the University of Oxford from the time of King Alfred till A.D. 1660', by Anthony à Wood
MS. Wood F. 2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'The History or Annals of the University of Oxford from the time of King Alfred till A.D. 1660', by Anthony à Wood
Shelfmark
MS. Wood F. 2
Summary
'The History or Annals of the University of Oxford from the time of King Alfred till A.D. 1660', by Anthony à Wood, being the English version of the Latin work published as Historia et Antiquitates, hence printed by John Gutch, 1786-90.
Includes (p. 100) a letter dated June 20, 1694, from [William] Harman, and ad init. a fragment of an earlier draft of the History (of which pp. 99 et seq. perhaps form part), bought by Philip Bliss in 1843 from mrs. Rodd.
Date
Written about 1674-1685 by Anthony à Wood
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper, binding, tooled brown leather, done by Roger Bartlett in 1678 for 1s. 6d
Physical extent
640 pages
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Collection contents
MSS. Wood: Wood's antiquarian manuscripts
'The History or Annals of the University of Oxford from the time of King Alfred till A.D. 1660', by Anthony à Wood
