254 volumes plus 12 printed or written after 1640. The importance of the collection is as an entity, a mirror of the intellectual life of Lord William and his circle. About half the collection are religious works, the most read book being a copy of Calvins Institutio Christianae Religionis. There is also a smatterying of the classics, philosophy, law and several dictionaries. There are also five manuscript volumes with summaries of and references to the opinions of published authors on subjects as diverse as alchemy, women and the Eucharist. Illustrated at p.21 of AR
Item Provenance
Naworth Castle; Sothebys December 1992, Lot 171