Wriothesley, Henry (1573-1624), 3rd Earl of Southampton; gave £100 in 1605 for the purchase of books (Macray 422); see DNB; Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, The Life of Henry, Third Earl of Southampton: Shakespeare's Patron (Cambridge, 1922); G.P.€V. Akrigg, Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton (London, 1968), passim; Gustav Ungerer, `The Earl of Southampton's Donation to the Bodleian in 1605 and its Spanish Books', BLR 16 (1997), 17-41; the books purchased are listed in Benefactors' Register I 123-35. ♦ Categorisation: Type: Person. Gender: Unknown. Dates: 1573 to 1624. Period: 16th century to 17th century.

2 entries:

• D-099(1)? Dionysius Periegetes — De situ orbis. — Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, Bernhard Maler, and Peter Löslein, 1477. 4°.
• L-108(1) Lilius, Zacharias — Orbis breviarium. — Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 5 June 1493. 4°.

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