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Anthony WOOD 1632-95

Biographical Note

Oxford historian. Bequeathed his library to the Ashmolean Museum (transferred to the Bodleian, 1860); over 6500 vols are in the Bodleian today. Some books and mss were also sold by him during his lifetime.

Sources

ODNB. N. Kiessling, The library of Anthony Wood (2002). N. Kiessling, The life of Anthony Wood in his own words, 2009. S. Baron, Anthony a Wood in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 401-6. CHL II 40-1.