[Table-talk]

Description

Title: [Table-talk]
Creator: Selden, John, 1584-1654
Contributor: Hale, Matthew,--Sir,--1609-1676
Lowther, Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale--Bookplate
Milward, Ri.--(Richard),--1609-1680
Selden, John,--1584-1654--Table-talk
Published / Created: [17th century]
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, consisting of aphorisms, axioms, and pithy commentary on such subjects as "Wisdom, "Money," "Retalliation," and "Parliament." Prefaced by a dedication to Lord Chief Justice Matthew Hale, Edward Heywood, John Vaughan, and Rowland Jenkes, signed by Selden's secretary Richard Milward, who "had the opportunity to hear his discourse twenty years together."
Description: 9 preliminary leaves, front and back, some lined but otherwise blank, not digitized.
Armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale.
Binding: contemporary full leather.
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Includes alphabetized table of contents.
Extent: 1 v. (164 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image and text
Genre: Armorial bookplates
Manuscripts
Material: still
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649
Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Hale, Matthew,--Sir,--1609-1676
Lowther, Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale--Bookplate
Milward, Ri.--(Richard),--1609-1680
Selden, John,--1584-1654--Table-talk
Subject (Topic): Aphorisms and apothegms--17th century
Conduct of life--17th century
Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc

Access: Public
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Citation: John Selden, Table-Talk. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.