William Cavendish 1590-1628
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William CAVENDISH, 2nd Earl of Devonshire 1590-1628
Books
Archival evidence of book-buying and binding, and surviving books (now at Chatsworth), show that he developed an extensive library at Hardwick Hall, partly with the help of his tutor Thomas Hobbes. A catalogue of the late 1620s, made by Hobbes, lists ca.1400 books, probably then at Hardwick.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Lee, Sidney, and Victor Stater. "Cavendish, William, second earl of Devonshire (1590–1628), nobleman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Peck, L. Consuming splendor, 2005, 125-6.
- Purcell, M. & N. Thwaite, Libraries at Hardwick, 1597-1957 in D. Adshead & D. Taylor (eds), Hardwick Hall, 2016, 177-91.