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
Compiled by John Green, but known as the Astley collection. and v. 3. Voyages and travels to Guinea, Benin, Kongo and Angola. Description of Loango, Kongo, Angola, Benguela, and adjacent countries. Description of the countries along the eastern coast of Africa, from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guarda Fuy. Voyages and travels in China, 1655-1722.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Astley,
Subject (Geographic):
Benin--History--Early works to 1800
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Voyages and travels--History--18th century, and Voyages and travels--History--Sources
"Advice from the Scandal club" was included in the columns of a Review of the state of British nation from Feb. 19, 1704-April 24, 1705. Owing to the vast amount of material received it was decided to publish a monthly supplement beginning Sept. 1704 (cf. no. 58, Sept. 23, 1704). This supplement appeared in five numbers from Sept. 1704-Jan. 1705. The Sept. 1704 issue (announced in the Review for Oct. 21, 1704) had the title: A supplementary journal to the Advice from the Scandal club.
Inscription along upper edge of f. iii verso indicates that Louis Malet de Graville, admiral de France (1441/50-1516) bequeathed the volume to his daughter Anne Malet de Graville. and Manuscript on paper of Leonardo Bruni, De bello punico, translated into French by Jean Lebegue; made, and presented in 1445, for Charles VII of France (1422-1461).
Alternative Title:
De bello punico
Description:
Belonged to Lucius Wilmerding; purchased at the sale of his estate by H. P. Kraus, who sold it in 1960 to Thomas E. Marston., Binding: Sixteenth century, France. Olive green goatskin, roughly gold-tooled with the arms of Claude d'Urfe in the center and a monogram of his initial (C) with that of his wife, Jeanne de Balzac (I) in the corners, together with cornucopiae, caducei, laurel and flaming altars. Gilt edges. Corners repaired., Red and blue divided initials, 5-line, on ff. 1r, 2v, 4v, and for major text divisions thereafter. 3- to 2-line plain red or blue initials throughout. Initials alternate red and blue for tables on ff. 1r-2v. Multi-line headings in red sharply indented toward right. Guideletters for illuminator., Script: Written by a single scribe in an elegant batarde script that sits above the line, rather than on it., and Watermarks: closest to Briquet Armoiries-Trois fleurs de lis 1686.
Subject (Topic):
Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Punic wars
Copy 1 is lst issue in cloth; copies 2-5 are later issues in original wrappers with plain "A" on front cover; copies 2-4 are fourth issue, unnumbered; copy 5 is 5th issue, numbered. Cf. Byers, E.H. Robert Frost at Agnes Scott College; Wesleyan University.
Copy 1 is lst issue in cloth; copies 2-5 are later issues in original wrappers with plain "A" on front cover; copies 2-4 are fourth issue, unnumbered; copy 5 is 5th issue, numbered. Cf. Byers, E.H. Robert Frost at Agnes Scott College; Wesleyan University.
Copy 1 is lst issue in cloth; copies 2-5 are later issues in original wrappers with plain "A" on front cover; copies 2-4 are fourth issue, unnumbered; copy 5 is 5th issue, numbered. Cf. Byers, E.H. Robert Frost at Agnes Scott College; Wesleyan University.