Elias Ashmole
Elias Ashmole 23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer, freemason and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices.Ashmole was an antiquary with a strong Baconian leaning towards the study of nature. His library reflected his intellectual outlook, including works on English history, law, numismatics, chorography, alchemy, astrology, astronomy and botany. Although he was one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society, a key institution in the development of experimental science, his interests were antiquarian and mystical as well as scientific. He was an early freemason, although the extent of his involvement and commitment is unclear. Throughout his life he was an avid collector of curiosities and other artefacts. Many of these he acquired from the traveller, botanist and collector John Tradescant the Younger. Ashmole donated most of his collection, his antiquarian library and priceless manuscripts to the University of Oxford to create the Ashmolean Museum, Britain's first public museum. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Ashmole, Elias
Published 1761
Published 1761
printed for W. Owen, at Temple-Bar; L. Davis and C. Reymers, in Holborn; H. Chapelle, in Grosvenor-Street; R. Davis, in Piccadilly; A. Chapelle, in Curzon-Street, May Fair; J. Walter, at Charing-Cross; and C. Henderson, at the Royal Exchange
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by Ashmole, Elias
Published 1715
Published 1715
printed for A. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, W. Taylor at the Ship, and J. Baker at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, and A. Collins at the Black-Boy in Fleet-Street
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by Ashmole, Elias
Published 1715
Published 1715
printed for A. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, W. Taylor at the Ship, and J. Baker at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, and A. Collins at the Black-Boy in Fleet-Street
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by Ashmole, Elias
Published 1715
Published 1715
printed for A. Bell in Cornhill, E. Curll, J. Pemberton, and A. Collins in Fleet-Street; W. Taylor and J. Baker in Pater-Noster-Row