Commonplace Book

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-0336

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Scope and Contents

This Commonplace book is a handwritten, bound manuscript of the late seventeenth century written in English. The recorder and exact date of the book are unknown. It was compiled after 1663 since an edition of Sir Francis Bacon's Essays published in that year is the last volume cited in a listing of authors on the final page. Writings from several authors, well-known for their thinking on government and military conduct, are included and arranged alphabetically. Among the authors cited in the commonplace book are : Count Galeazzo Priorato Gualdo (1606- 1678); Guido Bentivoglio (1577-1644); Arrigo Caterino Davila (1576- 1631); Francis Bacon (1561-1626); Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556); Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631); James Harrington (1611-1677); Richard Baxter (1615-1691), and Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). Subjects in the Commonplace book include asking advice and counseling, battles, boasting, how to make a conquest of another country, fear, the way to procure friends, and how to deal with a vanquished enemy.

Dates

Creation: after 1663

Conditions Governing Access

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Collection is open for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

No biographical or historical information is available at this time.

Extent

0.167 Cubic Feet (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This Commonplace book is a handwritten, bound manuscript of the late seventeenth century written in English. Subjects in the Commonplace book include asking advice and counseling, battles, boasting, how to make a conquest of another country, fear, the way to procure friends, and how to deal with a vanquished enemy.