Holograph manuscript of William Congreve, ‘ffalse though you have been to me & Love’
The poem is a later reworking of ‘SONG, False though she be to me and Love’, (The first volume of the works of Mr. William Congreve, London, 1710); see D.F. McKenzie, ‘Another Congreve autograph poem’, Bodleian Library Record, 16 (1997), pp. 399-410. For a transcript of the poem see D.F. McKenzie, Bodleian Library Record, 15 (1994-1996), [p.]296.
Dates
- Creation: c.1710-1729
Extent
3 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don d. 205, fol. 1]
Shelfmark:
MS. Don d. 205
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11275
Abstract
Holograph manuscript of William Congreve, ‘ffalse though you have been to me & Love’
Biographical / Historical
William Congreve (1670-1729) was a poet and dramatist. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Quaritch, with the help of Bodley’s American Friends, 1998.
Subject
- Title
- Holograph manuscript of William Congreve, ‘ffalse though you have been to me & Love’
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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