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Griffith, Samuel


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 76

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Griffith, Samuel

Date(s): 1674

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 4 volumes bound as 1

Name of creator(s): Griffith | Samuel | fl 1674

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CONTENT

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'A treatise of the Spirit of man of its Facultys and Functions and of its union to the body according to the principles of Renes Descartes by Louis De La Forge'. A translation of a French original, published in Paris 1666. A note at the end of this volume states that the writer (Samuel Griffith) of this manuscript finished his work on 1 January 1673/4, in Formosa.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Paper, bound, size 12.5 x 8 inches

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Philosophy

Personal names
Descartes | René | 1596-1650 | philosopher
Forge | Louis | de La | 1632-1666 | philosopher

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