William Courten's lists of 'things bought' from the late seventeenth century
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Kusukawa, Sachiko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9297-3819
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Among the Sloane manuscripts now at the British Library are papers relating to the naturalist and collector William Courten (1642–1702), whose collection at Middle Temple could be visited from around 1685. The papers contain lists of acquisitions by Courten from the late 1680s, and record dates, objects, prices and the people from whom he purchased collectable objects, both naturalia and artificialia. These lists, transcribed in an online appendix, provide evidence of his daily collecting habits and of the availability of collectable items in London; several of Courten’s suppliers were Londoners who are otherwise unknown.
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36 Creative Arts and Writing, 3601 Art History, Theory and Criticism, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields
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Journal of the History of Collections
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0954-6650
1477-8564
1477-8564
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/M001938/1)