The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 2: A Descriptive Catalogue (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Puckering was no collector of antiquities. Hardly any of his books are earlier than the seventeenth century: but his collection is made remarkable by the presence in it of the famous Milton manuscript. The numerous books connected with Prince Henry have also an interest Of their own: and the considerable mass of Italian documents probably contains a good deal Of interesting matter of which hitherto not much use has been made. The scribe of many of the Italian treatises was Jacopo di Castelvetro, who for some time taught Italian at Cambridge. His diary is among the Harleian Manuscripts (no.

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