| AdminHistory | The translation by William Goodyeare, a merchant from Southampton, 'The Voyage of the Wandring Knight. Shewing al the course of mans life, how apt he is to follow vanitie, and how hard it is for him to attaine to Vertue', from the French text by Jean De Cartigny (or De Carthenay, or Carthenie), with a dedication to N R (i.e. Robert Norton), was published by T Este, London, 1607; T Snodham, London [1609?]; William Stansby, London [1626?]; J Cadwell for A Crooke, London, 1661; E Crowch for Andrew Crooke, London, 1670. A new translation by Anthony John Hanmer of the 1572 edition of De Cartigny's work was published by Burns & Oates, London, 1889. |
| CustodialHistory | Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. |