Copies of a few English poems
Copies of a few English poems. The first has lost the first four pages, and beg. 'Some hope to charm (forbear the vain pretence)' about Damon and Florella: another (p. 13) is 'A Soliloquy written in a Country Churchyard: by the Revd. Mr. Moore of Cornwall', another (p. 19) is Mrs. Fanny Greville's Ode to Indifference.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the second half of the 18th century
Extent
42 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 18, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. e. 18
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19452
Abstract
Copies of a few English poems
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 32691
Custodial History
Owned by 'Mrs Sophia Wallis of Westbourne, Sussex' (p. 5) early in the 19th cent.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought at an autograph sale at Sotheby's on Nov. 10, 1899, as part of lot 325.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
7 3/4 × 5 in.
Topical
- Title
- Copies of a few English poems
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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