John Parsons d.ca.1682?
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John PARSONS d.ca.1682?
Biographical Note
An untraced individual, ‘late of the Middle Temple, barrister’.
Books
Parsons' library was auctioned in London, beginning 30 November 1682. The sale catalogue lists 918 lots, divided between law books (344 lots), dictionaries (6), and English ‘history, political, humanity, etc’ (568); the library is noteworthy, for its size and period, for the absence of theological/devotional works, while other subjects are widely covered.
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Millington, E. A choice catalogue of the library of John Parsons, London, 1682, (ESTC r228132).