Copies, c. 1640, of seventy-four poems by Edmund Waller

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MS. Don. d. 55

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Copies, c.1640, of seventy-four poems by Edmund Waller, as contained in the short issue of Workes (London, 1645, printed for Thomas Walkley), with the exception of (fol. 21v) 'From a child', subscribed 'R. Waller'. At fol. 1 is an address to Queen Henrietta Maria, not found in the early editions, but printed by George Thorn-Drury in Poems of Edmund Waller (London, 1893). Verse in Crum.

Dates

c. 1640

Extent

76 Leaves

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. d. 55, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don. d. 55

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16933

Additional Description

Overview

Copies, c. 1640, of seventy-four poems by Edmund Waller

Biographical / Historical

Edmund Waller (1606–1687), was an English poet and politician.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 1, no. 39024

Custodial History

Owned by Gentilles Colte, c.1665 (see fol. 76v); Th. Whitfeld, 18 Sept. 1764, 'bt. at Woodcotes Sale'; Phillipps MS. 7004; Sotheby's, 24 April 1911, lot 844.