 | - Book Title: Brief Lives by John Aubrey: A selection based upon existing contemporary portraits edited by Richard Barber
- Author: John Aubery
- ISBN: B0007C6SO8
- Publisher: The Folio Society
- Year Published: 1990
- Our Price: £33.00 GBP ($65.67 USD)
- Description: The Folio Society: sixth impression 1990 of the first 1975 Folio Society edition. Dual colour cloth hardcover, fawn with green spine: gilt lettering in black panelling to front and spine: green endpapers: green slipcase. 124 pages including notes on the portraits: black and white photographic illustrations. Synopsis :brief pen portraits of famous people written by John Aubrey (1626 -1697). Contents: Introduction. Aubrey's letter to Wood, 1680. John Aubrey, 1626-97. George Ablett 1562-1633. Thomas Allen,1542-1632. Lancelot Andrewes, 1555-1626. Francis Bacon, Lord St Albans, 1561-1626. Isaac Barrow, 1630-77. Francis Beaumont, 1584-1616. Sir Henry Blount, 1602-82. Edmund Bonner, 1495-1569. Richard Boyle, first Earl of Cork, 1566-1643. Robert Boyle, 1627-91. Thomas Bushell, 1594-1674. Samuel Butler, 1612-80. William Butler, 1535-1618. William Camden, 1551-1623. William Cartwright, 1611-43. Lucius Cary, second Viscount Falkland, 1610-43. Charles Cavendish, 1620-43. William Chillingworth, 1602- 44. George Clifford , third Earl of Cumberland, 1558-1605. Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634. Jean Baptiste Colbert, 1619-83. John Colet, 1467-1519. Richard Corbtt, 1582-1635. Abraham Cowley, 1618-67. The Danvers Family. Sir William Davenant, 1606-68. John Dee, 1527-1608. Sir John Denham, 1615-69. Rene Descartes, 1596-1650. Sir Everard Digby, 1578-1606. Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603 -65. Venetia Digby, 1600-33. Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536. Thomas Fairfax, 1612-71 John Florio, 1553-1625. John Hales, 1584-1656. Edmund Halley, 1656-1742 James Harrington, 1611-77 William Harvey, 1578-1657. Edward Herbert, Lord Cherbury, 1583-1648. George Herbert, 1593-1633. Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, 1561-1621. Philip Herbert, fourth Earl of Pembroke, 1584-1650. William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke, 1501-70. Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679. William Holder,1616-98. Wenceslaus Hollar, 16 07-77. David Jenkins, 1582-1663. Sir Leoline Jenkins, 1623 -85. Ben Jonson, 1573 -1637. Ralph Kettell, 1563-1643. John Lacy,?-1681. Say Henry Lee, 1530-1610. Richard Lovelace, 1618-58. Henry Marten, 1602-80. Andrew Marvell, 1621-78. Thomas May, 1595-1650. John Milton, 1608-74. George Monck, first Duke of Albemarle, 1608-70. Sir Jonas Moore, 1617-79. Sir Thomas Moore, 1478-1535. Sir Thomas Morgan,?-1679.Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1560-1631. Richard Napier, 1559-1634. John Ogilvie, 1600-1675 . William Oughtred ,1575-1660. John Overall, 1560-1619. William Penn, 1644-1718. Sir William Petty, 1623-87. Katherine Phillips, 1631- 64. Sir John Popham, 1531-1607. William Prynne , 1600-69. Sir Walter Raleigh , 1552-1618. Tom Sackville, first Earl of Dorset, 1536-1608. Sir Henry Savile , 1549-1622. John Selden, 1584-1654. William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-86. Sir Henry Spelman, 1564-1641. Edmund Spenser, 1552-99. So John Suckling, 1609-42. Thomas Sutton, 1532-1611.William Twisse, 1578-1646. Edward de Vere , seventh Earl of Oxford, 1550-1604. Edmund Waller, 1606-87. Seth Ward, 1617-89. John Whitson, 1557- 1629. John Wilkins, 1614-72. John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, 1647-80. Thomas Wolsey, 1475-1540. Sir Christopher Wren, 1632-1723. Notes On The Portraits. Condition: very clean and good overall/almost as new
- Condition: Collectable- Very Good
- Dustcover: No
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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