Commonplace book, circa 1787.
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10082025
Description
- Title
- Commonplace book, circa 1787.
- Contributor
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Héloïse,--1101-1164--Poetry
Hill, Aaron,--1685-1750
Madan, Judith,--1702-1781
Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744 - Published / Created
- circa 1787
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 8 primarily melancholy poems copied from various authors, on such subjects as love, solitude, and loneliness. The collection contains Alexander Pope's Eloise to Abelard; Mrs. Madan's Abelard to Eloisa; Aaron Hill's Alone in an inn at Southampton Court; and William Congreve's To a candle. Other titles include The late Lord Harvey to Mr. Fox; The castle top, wrote by a lad at Winchester School; and A hermit's meditation.
- Description
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Binding: full parchment.
Imperfect: p. 34-35 wanting. - Extent
- 1 v. (ca. 50 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn c138
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Commonplace Book, Late 18th Century. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7040622
- Object ID (OID)
- 10082025