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King Arthur. An heroick poem. In twelve books. To which is annexed, an index, explaining the names of countrys, citys, and rivers, &c.
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1957 (Accumulation)
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- Westminster School
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- London, United Kingdom
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1697 (Publication)
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- London, United Kingdom
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Folio, 1 volume
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BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD, son of Robert Blackmore, Corsham, Wilts., attorney; b.; at school under Busby (Johnson, Lives of the Poets, ed. G. B. Hill, ii, 235); St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1668/9, aged 14; BA 1674; MA 1676; MD Padua; medical practitioner in City of London; FRCP 12 Apr 1687, Censor 1716, Elect 22 Aug 1716 - 22 Oct 1722; Physician in Ordinary to William III 27 Feb 1697 - Mar 1702; knighted 18 Mar 1696/7; author, Creation, a Philosophical Poem demonstrating the Existence and Providence of God, 1712, and many other works; m. Mary --- (“a rich Conventicler” (Hearne, Collections, 21 Apr 1706)); d. 9 Oct 1729. DNB. [Perhaps Richard Blackmore who m. at St. Paul, Covent Garden 9 Feb 1685/6 Mary Adams]
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Godfrey Greene's bookplate
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Donated to the School by Godfrey Greene
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- English
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- Latin
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Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
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- English
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- Latin