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Title
The art of moderating desire: a branch of active philosophy /by James Boevey.
Alternative Title
Of desire with its severall kinds.
Creator
Boevey, James.
Date Created and/or Issued
[1666]
Contributing Institution
UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection
Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Scope/Content: Index to contents on p. [4]-[17]. Some notes and additions in a second hand, possibly that of an amanuensis. Some insect damages to pages, but no major losses of text.
Scope/Content: Seventeenth century English merchant and philosopher James Boevey's work on the art of moderating desires ranging from physical lust, to excessive drinking, ambition and gambling. This is one of 9 philosophical manuscripts by Boevey held by the Clark Library.
Condition: Bound in contemporary brown suede with metal clasp; sprinkled edges.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Metal clasps (Binding)
Extent
107, [17] p., bound ;12 x 18 cm.
Identifier
ark:/21198/n14601
MS.1960.005
Language
English
eng
Subject
Conduct of life--17th century.
Desire (Philosophy)--17th century.
Philosophy--England--17th century.
Place
England
Provenance
P. 23 and p. 10: "Huc usque James Boevey, 1666"
Location
CLUW

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