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Philip AYRES 1638-1712
Biographical Note
Born at Cottingham, Northamptonshire. Travelling to Spain and Portugal with Sir Richard Fanshawe's embassy as a steward, Ayres began to learn Spanish and published a translation of A. G. de Salas Barbadillo’s El necio bien afortunado titled The Fortunate Fool (1670). In the 1670s he worked as tutor to the Drake family, of Agmondesham, Buckinghamshire. Ayres is known primarily for the two literary works, the Emblemata amatoria (1683) and Lyrick Poems (1687).
Books
Ayres' library was sold by retail sale in London, 10.11.1713.
Sources
- Christie’s 23.6.1977 (Evelyn sale)/262.
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Davidson, Peter, and Ian William McLellan. "Ayres, Philip (1638–1712), poet and translator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.