Crowdsourcing the Reconstruction of a 17th-Century Englishwoman's Library
Brewer, Thomas. A knot of fooles : but, fooles, or knaves, or both, I care not, here they are; come laugh and spare not (London : For Francis Grove, and are to be sold at his shop on Snow-hil near the Sarazens Head with-out New-gate, 1658)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 232. ESTC R20108.
Huntington Library 112941. Located by Sarah Lindenbaum.
Shirley, James. Love will finde out the way : an excellent comedy (London : Printed by Ja: Cottrel, for Samuel Speed, at the signe of the Printing-Press in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1661)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 231. ESTC R10871. In September 2017, Harry Ransom Center curator Aaron T. Pratt discovered that Wolfreston annotated the book “i doe not lik this.”
University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center PFORZ 929 PFZ. Located by Paul Morgan.
Breton, Nicholas. The court and country, or, A briefe discourse dialogue-wise set downe betweene a courtier and a country-man : contayning the manner and condition of their liues, with many delectable and pithy sayings worthy obseruation (London : By G. Eld for Iohn Wright, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Bible without Newgate, 1618)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 229. ESTC S104725.
Bodleian Library Arch. A e.55. Located by Paul Morgan.
Breton, Nicholas. Poste with a madde packet of letters (London : Printed for John Marriot, [1640?])
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 227. ESTC R30247.
British Library ???. Located by Paul Morgan.
Breton, Nicholas. The scholler and the souldiour : a disputation pithily passed betweene them, the one defending learning, the other martiall discipline (London : Printed by Thomas Creede, 1597)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 226. ESTC S105241. Extracted from Breton’s The Wil of Wit, Wits Will, or Wils Wit, Chuse You Whether.
Newberry Library, Case Y 145 .B745. Located by Sarah Lindenbaum and Lori Humphrey Newcomb.
Frances Wolfreston Hor Bouks 