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 The library of Francis Lodwick FRS



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Sloane 855

Below: The first page of the catalogue of Lodwick's domestic library, probably in the hand of Simon Lodwick (Sloane 855, f. 51r).

Sloane 855, f. 51r

Sloane 859

Below: A section of the titles listed in press 20 (Sloane 859, f. 46r). Note that some volumes are bound collections of shorter treatises. Note also Lodwick's own Ground-work, or Foundation Laid . . . For the Framing of a New Perfect Language (London, 1652), listed with his initials 'FL' at volume 15.

Sloane 859, f. 46r Sloane 859, f. 1v

Above: Lodwick's cross-index (from Sloane 859, f. 1v), listing old alphabetical shelfmarks with their new fractional equivalents. The upper number indicates press, the lower indicates book-number.

Below: The first few titles listed in Sloane 859, with their original alphabetical shelfmarks (f. 10r)

Sloane 859, f. 10r Research