Letters from Jeremy Taylor to John Evelyn

This material is held atCambridge University Library

Scope and Content

An original letter, 15 November 1656, 1 page, concerning Evelyn's translation of Lucretius, and two facsimiles of a letter of 29 August 1657, 1 page, expressing Taylor's religious beliefs and discussing the question of the immortality of the soul and the origin of God. There are also 3 extracts from Bernard Quaritch's catalogue, describing the second letter.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Received from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1982.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Alternative Form Available

Microfilm available

Related Material

Cambridge University Library holds a letter from Richard Bentley to John Evelyn, MS.Add.5952 and John Evelyn: 'Rules and observations in the propagation and planting of trees,' MS Add.8529.

Bibliography

No. 3969 in Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Bibliotheca bibliographici (London, 1964), p. 399.