The Hardwick Library and Hobbes's Early Intellectual Development

by Richard a Talaska

This volume publishes the entirety of Hobbes's MS E.1.A, "Old Catalogue", the 1630s catalogue of the Hardwick/Chatsworth library. Talaska provides handwriting samples and a full discussion of the problem of identifying Hobbes's handwriting to prove that the "Old Catalogue" is in Hobbes's own handwriting. Talaska goes on to prove that almost all the books in the library were purchased by the Devonshires for Hobbes's own purposes, and shows that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495955133
• ISBN13: 9781495955136
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"