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Excerpt from Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614

The first edition of Mr. Pattison's Isaac Casaubon, published by Messrs. Longman in 1875, has for some years been out of print, and, in response to the expression of a widely felt desire, the Clarendon Press now offers a second edition to the public. In the preparation of this, use has been made of some additions and corrections left in manuscript by the author himself, as well as of suggestions communicated to him by various friends. A few trifling errors have been silently corrected, and some additional notes inserted. These notes are almost entirely from the hands of Mr. R. C. Christie and Mr. I. Bywater, and are in all cases indicated by square brackets The twelfth section, on the Descendants of Isaac Casaubon, is written by Mr. Christie; the index is the work of Mr. C. E. Doble.

For the general editorial superintendence of this reprint the present writer is responsible. His thanks are due to Mr. F. W. Pattison, for the loan of his brother's various papers and notes bearing on the subject; to Professor j. E. B. Mayor, for communications and references; and especially to Mr. Christie, Mr. Bywater, and Mr. Doble, for their assistance in reading the sheets as they passed through the press.

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Excerpt from Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614

The sources for the biography of Isaac Casaubon are unusually numerous and detailed. Indeed, no other personage, eminent in letters, of the sixteenth century, can be mentioned, for whose history there exist materials equally rich.

These sources are partly manuscript, partly printed.

1. MSS.

I. Advers. - Sixty volumes of Adversaria preserved in the Bodleian Library.

2. Burney mss. - Seven volumes of letters addressed to Casaubon by his numerous correspondents; preserved in the Burney collection in the British Museum.

3. Bibl. Nat. - The National Library in Paris contains: (1) The series of letters from Casaubon to de Thou, some confidential portions of which were omitted purposely in Van Almeloveen's edition. (2) Two independent sets of notes, taken by hearers, of his lectures on Herodotus. (3) Other notes on the Anthology, etc.

4. Geneva mss. - The archives of the city of Geneva contain: (1) The register of births, deaths, and marriages. (2) The minute books of the Petit conseil. The city of Geneva has had the singular good fortune of never having been taken, sacked, or burnt. The series of order books of the Council is complete. For the period of Casaubon's residence these books form our principal authority.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.