Michael Harding 1649?-1697

Michael HARDING 1649?-1697

Biographical Note

Born at Oxford, son of William Harding of Holywell parish, cook. BA Trinity College, Oxford 1669, MA and fellow, 1672, BD 1684.

Books

Harding’s library was auctioned in Oxford by Edward Millington, 8 November 1697. The sale catalogue lists 1748 lots, roughly 50% in English and 50% in Latin and other languages (861 English, 854 Latin, 33 French). The content is at least 50% theological with a typical mixture of other subjects including classics, history, geography and science. Imprint dates range broadly across the 17th century"the 17th century" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components. with a small number of 16th-century"16th-century" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation. items.

Characteristic Markings

None of Harding’s books have been identified.

Sources

• Bibliotheca selectissima: sive, catalogues variorum librorum … Michael. Harding, 1697 (Wing H700).
• Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.