Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poems, including numerous occasional verses addressed to friends, family members, and their children. Titles include "Ode to the Ship, in which Mr. F J. H. Wollaston sails," "A Lilliputian Ode, on my little Friend, Richard Burney, putting on Breeches," "Buxom Het, an excellent new song to an old Tune: a Soldier & a Sailor, a Tinker & a Tailor, etc., made on Mrs. Esther Burney," and "Occasional Prologue to the Good Natured Man, a Comedy; when acted by Ladies and Gentlemen for their diversion."
Description:
Incomplete index in back of manuscript., Laid in: poem, in same hand, titled "To my little friend Charles Wollaston, on his being put into Breeches.", and Binding: boards, vellum spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1757-1817., Burney family., Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774., and Wollaston, Francis John Hyde, 1762-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Drama, English literature, English poetry, Occasional verse, and Social life and customs
BEIN Z84 55: Imperfect: Bled, with loss of most title page autograph. Autograph on front free endpaper recto: Crescentius Matherus. Manuscript table of contents on front free endpaper recto. Bookplate: Yale College Library, from the estate of Mr. George Brinley, 1879. Autograph on title page: [Crescentius Matherus?]. Manuscript notes in text. Number 8 of 17 works bound together, formerly with binder's title: Ecclesiastical tracts., BEIN Pequot Z96: Loss of manuscript autograph on title page due to trimming. Number 3 of 6 titles bound together in brown, blind tooled leather binding with manuscript call number label on spine., Includes four poems in Latin and English, pages [21-22], 1st count; two are signed by John Wilson., Signatures: A-F⁴., and Errata at foot of page 26.
Publisher:
Printed by Samuel Green
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts
Subject (Topic):
Baptism, Congregational churches, Infant baptism, Children, Religious life, Church membership, and Baptism and church membership