Hesperides, or, The Muses garden [manuscript], compiled ca. 1655-1659.
Evans, John, compiler.; Milton, John, 1608-1674.; Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.; Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Burton, Robert, 1577-1640.; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.; Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
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Title
Hesperides, or, The Muses garden [manuscript], compiled ca. 1655-1659.
Description
1 v. ; 30 x 19 cm
Associated name
Evans, John, compiler.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.
Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.
Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Scope and content
Autograph manuscript of John Evans. An anthology of quotations from 16th and 17th century authors arranged alphabetically by subject with a list, at the end, of the works and their authors from which the quotations are taken, such as Bacon, Burton, Chapman, Crashaw, Jonson, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney and Suckling.
Note
Pages 5-378, 381-666, 669-714, 721-784, 789-892, [893-900]. Page 273-274 slightly torn.
Includes pencil notations and symbols throughout.
Contains an index at end of volume.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Includes pencil notations and symbols throughout.
Contains an index at end of volume.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Publications about material
For a discussion of both manuscripts see Beal ShW 114-115, and introduction p. 449-450.
Hao Tianhu. "Hesperides, or the Muses' garden and its manuscript history." Library. Volume 10, number 4 (December 2009), p. 372-404.
Hao Tianhu. "Hesperides, or the Muses' garden and its manuscript history." Library. Volume 10, number 4 (December 2009), p. 372-404.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Maggs, 1908.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 469.2
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Call number
V.b.93
Folger accession
cs469
Call number
V.a.75, 79-80
Folger-specific note
Autograph fragments from another version, compiled ca. 1655-1659. 3 v. of 4, 16 and 17 leaves respectively. V.a.75 is entitled Hesperides, or, The Muses garden, and has a similar list of books from which the quotations are taken. V.a.79-80 contain only quotations from Shakespeare's plays. The extracts in all three volumes were cut from the same volume as similar extracts pasted in Shakespearian scrapbooks of Halliwell-Phillipps at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Nos. 133, 173 and 313 in Halliwell-Phillipps' A brief hand-list ... Warwick Castle manuscript Formerly Folger MS 3.7, 3.6, 3.5.