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Title
Boevey's first draught of the art of government in friendships: Amor Amicitiae.
Alternative Title
Art of government in friendships.
Amor amicitiae.
Of friendshipp.
Creator
Boevey, James.
Date Created and/or Issued
[1665]
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. [6]-[11]. Some notes and additions in a second hand, possibly that of an amanuensis. Water damage to bottom of pages, with small losses of text; spine slightly defective.
Scope/Content: Seventeenth century English merchant and philosopher James Boevey's work on the art of friendship, one of 9 philosophical manuscripts of his 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, [11] p., bound ;11 x 18 cm.
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1zs4v
MS.1960.004
Language
English
eng
Subject
Conduct of life--17th century.
Friendship--England--17th century.
Philosophy--England--17th century.
Place
England
Provenance
P. 101: "Huc usque James Boevey, 1665."
Location
CLUW

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