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RefNoRB/1/1/4
Previous numbersBP 1, fols. 16-51X
LevelItem
TitleMaterial relating to 'Christian Virtuoso', tract on atheism and other works, some pasted down
Date1670s -1680s
DescriptionIncludes MS versions of the following passages in 'Christ. Virt. I, Appendix' and 'Christ. Virt. II': \r\n1.
1. Fol. 28b - c. Discarded version of a paragraph near the end of the preface (fol. 28c), adjacent to another snippet (fol. 28b) endorsed `The two Notes were pin'd to the 2d page of the Preface'.\r\n
2. Fol. 34b. A snippet, similar to opening sentence in conference III, argument V. Copied from BP 7, fol. 162v (b).
3. Fol. 39a copied from BP 7, fol. 169c
Fol. 51X, a part leaf, is a cover sheet with note by Miles: 'Transcrib'd belong: to Xm Virtuoso'
Hand: Bacon
LanguageEnglish
ExtentFols. 16-51X (36 leaves)
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterial1. 'Works', vol. 11, p. 288.\r\n
2. 'Works', vol. 12, p. 398.\r\n
3. 'Works', vol. 12, p. 398.\r\n
An overlapping passage appears in 'Things above Reason', Works, vol. 9, pp 398-9
Other items published in MacIntosh,
2.1.10, 12, 14, 26, 29-32, 42, 46, 50, 63-4, 90;
2.2.13, 42-3, 45-6, 52, 57, 62, 64-5;
2.3.10, 13, 17, 19, 24;
3.1.2, 5;
3.2.4, 6, 11;
3.3.3-4;
3.4.2, 10-11, 14-16, 18, 21-2, 24, 29, 34-6, 40-2;
3.5.2, 4, 13-14;
3.6.6;
3.8.7, 11;
4.2.3;
4.5.2.
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