- Creator:
- Worseley Mr
- Published / Created:
- [1680-1700].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb70
- Collection Title:
- [Collection of 17th century poems], [1680-1700].
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Manuscripts, in different hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily satirical and anonymous poems, many scatological. The majority of the poems are political satires, especially concerning the abdication of King James II and the accession of King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
- Description:
- Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A New address to Mr. Bayes in his late conversion to the Church of Rome
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- Creator:
- Lockman, John, 1698-1771
- Published / Created:
- 1740
- Call Number:
- Osborn c268
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of approximately 105 poems divided into "Miscellaneous Pieces," "Songs," "Cantatas," "Odes," Satirical Pieces," "Mock-Pieces relating to the Stage," and "Imitations." The first "Imitation" is a sonnet concerning an abortion scandal surrounding Mademoiselle de Guerchi in 1660, and is addressed in her voice to her aborted "embrio;" other poem titles include "An Ode, Inscrib'd to his grace the Duke of Buckingham, on his Embarking for France," "The paper Bonnets worn by Ladys," "On seeing lewd Women refus'd Admittance," "Fungus," "The poor & Rich Rogue," "Prologue to a Puppet-Show," and "The Shipwrack'd Sailors." The collection is prefaced by a dedication to Viscount Nessuno in the voice of an "orphan Muse" who writes, "should she beg your Lordship...to favour her with a corner of the Green-house in delightful Groves of Utopia; there to correct at Leisure, the numberless Reams she has scribbled within these twelve years: And should she afterwards implore your Lordship to assist the publication of her labours, by raising a handsom subscription among your friends for that purpose...she is certain your Lordship would not deny her one of them." Many additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins.
- Description:
- Additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins., Binding: full sueded calf., Laid in at the beginning of "Imitations": a piece of paper with an engraving in red ink., and Pasted onto pages at beginning at end: printed poems by Lockman, with handwritten corrections.
- Subject (Name):
- Lockman, John, 1698-1771
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama--18th century, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, Occasional verse, English, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A miscellany of poems
3.
- Creator:
- Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720(?)
- Published / Created:
- [1680-1700].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb70
- Collection Title:
- [Collection of 17th century poems], [1680-1700].
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscripts, in different hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily satirical and anonymous poems, many scatological. The majority of the poems are political satires, especially concerning the abdication of King James II and the accession of King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
- Description:
- Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A sigh
4.
- Creator:
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820
- Published / Created:
- [18--]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 352
- Image Count:
- 240
- Abstract:
- Three volumes containing sections of a memoir, holograph. The volumes are numbered 1, 3/4, and 6.
- Description:
- Imperfect: pages 62-66 wanting.
- Subject (Name):
- Cowper, William,--1731-1800 and Hayley, William,--1745-1820
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of the family, life, and writings of William Hayley, the friend and biographer of William Cowper, [18--].
5.
- Creator:
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820
- Published / Created:
- [18--]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 352
- Image Count:
- 244
- Abstract:
- Three volumes containing sections of a memoir, holograph. The volumes are numbered 1, 3/4, and 6.
- Subject (Name):
- Cowper, William,--1731-1800 and Hayley, William,--1745-1820
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of the family, life, and writings of William Hayley, the friend and biographer of William Cowper, [18--].
6.
- Creator:
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820
- Published / Created:
- [18--]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 352
- Image Count:
- 151
- Abstract:
- Three volumes containing sections of a memoir, holograph. The volumes are numbered 1, 3/4, and 6.
- Description:
- Volume 6 lacks pages 23-26 and 142-168; and pages 22 and 27 in volume 6 are mutilated.
- Subject (Name):
- Cowper, William,--1731-1800 and Hayley, William,--1745-1820
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of the family, life, and writings of William Hayley, the friend and biographer of William Cowper, [18--].
- Creator:
- Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
- Published / Created:
- [n.d.]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 613
- Collection Title:
- Joseph Brodsky Papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 53 | Folder 927
- Image Count:
- 1
- Subject (Name):
- Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--Translations into Russian and Russian poetry --20th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brodsky's translations of metaphysical poets, typescript, corrected
- Published / Created:
- 1844
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2690
- Collection Title:
- Karl John Richard Arndt collection of Bernhard Muller and the Harmony Society
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- Documents 77-80 digitized in full.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Louisiana--Religious life and customs
- Subject (Topic):
- German Americans--Louisiana--Religious life and Utopias--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence, manuscripts and printed material (documents 61-125)
- Creator:
- Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 857
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Sebastian Brant (1457-1521), De praestantia artis impressoriae elogium, a 52-verse poem in praise of the art of printing, addressed to the German priest, humanist, printer and publisher Johann Bergmann von Olpe (ca. 1460-1532).
- Description:
- Collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Booksellers, Berkeley CA (MS 205)., Script: Written in a small vertical Humanistica Cursiva., and Undecorated.
- Subject (Topic):
- Laudatory poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Printing
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De praestantia artis impressoriae elogium
10.
- Creator:
- Alexander, de Villa Dei
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 64
- Image Count:
- 125
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Alexander of Villa Dei, Doctrinale.
- Description:
- Binding: Nineteenth century, England. Light brown leather, gold-tooled. Gilt edges. Rebacked. Title on spine: "Alexander de Villa Dei Doctrinale. MS: In Memb". Bound for Henry Drury by C. Lewis in 1820., One historiated initial, f. 1r, 6-line, pink, red, and green with white filigree on gold ground thinly edged in black, with a half-length portrait of a teacher in red robes and a red cap holding a book, against a blue ground with white filigree. In the lower margin arms of the Pesaro family of Venice (per pale indented or and azure), framed by scrolling acanthus, green, red, blue, and pink. Plain initials and paragraph marks both alternate blue and red. Headings in red., and Script: Written in round gothic bookhand by a single scribe, below top line.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin language--Grammar, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Doctrinale