Du Prat d.ca.1699?
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Du PRAT d.ca.1699?
Biographical Note
?François du Prat, tutor in the Cavendish and other households, correspondent of Thomas Hobbes?
Books
The "library of Mr Du Prat" was auctioned in London, [[date of auction::2.5.1699]. The sale catalogue includes 2509 lots, divided between Latin, Greek and English books (in all subjects, divided only by format, 1521 lots) and French, Italian and Spanish books (988).
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- The library of Mr Du Prat, [London, 1699], ESTC r204180.
- Malcolm, N. (ed), The Clarendon edition of the works of Thomas Hobbes, vol.7: the correspondence vol.2, 1660-1679, Oxford, 1994, 881-5.