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Selden's 'England's Epinomis'

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS OGDEN 45

Held at: University College London

Title: Selden's 'England's Epinomis'

Date(s): 17th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 75 folios

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Selden: born in Salvington, Sussex, 1584; jurist, politician and antiquary; his many works included England's Epinomis, 1610 (published in his Tracts, 1683); died in London, 1654.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 17th century, containing John Selden's 'England's Epinomis', with title, table of chapters, text, and chronologia.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and some Latin

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

In original boards, covered with an old parchment manuscript. 30cm.

Finding aids:

Handlist at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the C K Ogden Library purchased by University College London in 1953 with a grant from the Nuffield Foundation.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Correspondence and papers of Selden are held at the British Library, Manuscript Collections; Lambeth Palace Library; Inner Temple Library; Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts; York Minster Archives. For further details see the National Register of Archives.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Dictionary of National Biography; National Register of Archives. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.