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Can anyone at REED help my friend Diana Patterson, the 18th century specialist? Query is below; please reply directly to Diana. Germaine Warkentin ============================= > Sender: Rare Books and Special Collections Forum <[log in to unmask] + Princeton.EDU> > From: DIANA PATTERSON <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Location of Bishop of London's Records c. 1600 > X-To: exlibris <[log in to unmask]> > To: Multiple recipients of list EXLIBRIS <[log in to unmask] + Princeton.EDU> > > I am trying to find the original of a quotation mentioned by Arber > (arber, Edward, A transcript of the Registers of the COmpany of Stioners of > London...) > p. lv: 11 Decr. 1673. Order of Bishop of London to damask The Leviathan [by > Thomas Hobbes] > > I know where the Stationer's Company records are. What I want is some more > information on the trial or decision and execution of the Bishop of London. > > I have a list of possible addresses for possible locations, and I have > examined various calendars of historical manuscripts. > > It occurs to me that with so much going on in the field of The History of the > Book, that someone may already be working on these records of censorship or > copyright by The Bishop of London. Is anyone? Does someone know where these > records are, and if they are available in some form other than tied bundles of > manuscripts or rolls or whatever--since I would rather keep my oily hands off > these things since I do not need to examine the originals for my purposes if > copies exist. > > Diana Patterson > [log in to unmask] > ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin [log in to unmask] English, Victoria College, University of Toronto *******************************************************************************