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The library of the physician Anthony Askew (1722-72) was outstanding in both printed books and manuscripts. He may have failed in his ambition to secure a complete collection of every printed edition of the Greek classics, but he did amass a classical library which remained unsurpassed until Spencer. Although he was later accused of plagiarism, virtually every edition of Aeschylus down to the 1850s cited 'Askew's collations'. He also secured Richard Mead's fine collection of Latin and Greek manu
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- Author
- Baker and Leigh; S. Baker and G. Leigh (London, England)
- Publisher
- publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781107325340
- Category
- collectibles
- Subjects
- Reference, Antiques & Collectibles, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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