Edward Stillingfleet

At his death, Stillingfleet left a library of nearly 10,000 books, purchased for £2,500 by Narcissus Marsh and today part of Marsh’s Library in Dublin, of which it is the most important collection. His collection of manuscripts was purchased by Robert Harley, and is now held by the British Museum along with Harley’s manuscripts. The index of the catalogue is in part illegible. The collection is divided into 16 thematic sections (A-P) and in subsections based on collocation (tabulae) and format. Within each tabula, volumes of varying formats are often listed one after another, and in many cases there are additions, anticipations, supplements and internal cross-references among the various sections.