Manuscript on paper, in an Italic hand, of two elegiac poems titled "Funerall teares and consolations" and "Lachrymae funebres" mourning the death of Winifred Fitzwilliam (d. 1635), and dedicated to her father, Baron William Fitzwilliam of Liffer Coun...
Description:
Binding: full sheep; remnants of gold-tooled decoration.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English, English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, and Funeral rites and ceremonies
Anonymous manuscript comparing the "Essay on Man" by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) and the "Zodaicus Vitae" of Marcellus Stellatus Palingenius (fl. 1528); probably written by the Rev. William Clarke (1696-1771). Two columns with citations from Pope's poe...
Description:
5 leaves. Versos blank, not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Palingenio Stellato, Marcello,--ca. 1500-ca. 1543, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Criticism and interpretation
Subject (Topic):
Philosophy, British--18th century, Philosophy, Comparative--Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Renaissance, and Philosophy--Poetry
