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Edward POCOCKE 1604-91

Biographical Note

Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford.

Books

420 oriental manuscripts from his collection were bought by the Bodleian after his death. Remainder of his library (“the theological part”) auctioned in London, 11.4.1692 (joint sale, with part of the stock of the bookseller Richard Davis).

Sources

Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
Philip, I. The Bodleian Library in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Oxford, 1983., 59-60.
Toomer, G. J. "Pococke, Edward (1604–1691), oriental scholar." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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-[[Subject::orientalism|oriental]] [[Format::manuscript|manuscripts]] from his collection were bought by the [[Subsequent Owner::the Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] after his death.  Remainder of his library (“the [[Subject::theology|theological]] part”) [[Auction::auctioned]] in [[location of Auction::London]], [[Date of Auction::11.4.1692]] (joint sale, with part of the stock of the [[occupation::bookseller]] [[Associates::Richard Davis]]).
+[[subject::orientalism|oriental]] [[Format::manuscript|manuscripts]] from his collection were bought by the [[Subsequent Owner::the Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] after his death.  Remainder of his library (“the [[subject::theology|theological]] part”) [[Auction::auctioned]] in [[location of Auction::London]], [[Date of Auction::11.4.1692]] (joint sale, with part of the stock of the [[occupation::bookseller]] [[Associates::Richard Davis]]).
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