John Earle, Microcosmography, edited by Philip Bliss (London, 1811), extensively annotated by bliss.
John Earle, Microcosmography, edited by Philip Bliss
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- Dates of Creation1811
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
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Administrative / Biographical History
Dr Philip Bliss (1787-1857) was an antiquary and editor. He was on the staff of the Bodleian Library from 1808 to about 1813, and 1822-8. He was Registrar of the University of Oxford (1824-53), Keeper of the Archives (1826-57), and Principal of St. Mary Hall (from 1848 until his death in 1857). Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Acquisition Information
The volumes were bought from the executors of John Griffiths in 1886 and transferred from the Department of Printed Books in 1921.
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Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45688-9.