Drafts and copies of poems by Octavia Walsh, some printed in Poems upon divine and moral subjects. By Dr. Patrick . .. and other ... hands (London, 1719)
Drafts and copies of poems by Octavia Walsh, some printed in Poems upon divine and moral subjects. By Dr. Patrick ... and other ... hands (London, 1719), with a few receipts and memoranda. At fol. 3 is a pen and wash portrait of Octavia Walsh, with a note signed 'R. B.'. Verse in Crum.
165 leaves, 33-121 blank
Dates
- Creation: 1719
Extent
165 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 31, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. e. 31
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10894-2
Abstract
Drafts and copies of poems by Octavia Walsh, some printed in Poems upon divine and moral subjects. By Dr. Patrick . .. and other ... hands (London, 1719).
Biographical / Historical
Octavia Walsh (bap. 1677, d. 1706) was a British poet.
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. 2, no. 46454.
Custodial History
Lower cover with worn inscription 'Octavia Walsh her book (?) 1694'; 19th-cent. bookplate of a member of the Walsh family, Barons Ormathwaite.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, P. J. & A. E. Dobell, cat. 76 (1928), 556.
Physical Facet
vellum binding
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Drafts and copies of poems by Octavia Walsh, some printed in 'Poems upon divine and moral subjects. By Dr. Patrick . .. and other ... hands' (London, 1719)
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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