Poems and other interesting Memorials of Richard Gough, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
'Poems and other interesting Memorials of Richard Gough, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., from his early Boyhood to the full age of Three Score Years and Ten. Collected by J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols ...', in two volumes, the first containing miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse; the second, poems, prayers, drawings, etc. Some printed pieces and etchings are also included. Specimens of Gough's poetry, from originals in this volume, are printed in Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, vi. 332-43.
Dates
- Creation: Written in about 1740-1805, almost entirely by R. Gough
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. c. 5, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. poet. c. 5-6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19916
Abstract
Poems and other interesting Memorials of Richard Gough, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Gough (1735-1809) was an antiquary.
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, nos. 32550-32551.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
In the Buckley sale, April 20, 1894, these volumes were lot 1768: and at a miscellaneous sale at Sotheby's, Feb. 11, 1898, lot 146, when they were bought by the Bodleian.
Subject
- Title
- Poems and other interesting Memorials of Richard Gough, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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