Manuscript on paper, in several hands, of Latin quotations grouped by philosophical and moral subjects such as Bellum; Fortuna; Humilitas; Ingratus; Patientia; and Virtus Moralis. Other entries include several religious poems; medical recipes "for the stone"; Biblical quotations; a history of England from William the Conqueror to 1502; and a prayer which asks God to bless "thy servant James by thy grace...King defender of the true ancient CS A. F. In all causes and over all persons...Blesse the noble queene Ana & let not the scepter depart from prince Henry nor thy gratious goodnes from all the Roial progeny."
Description:
Binding: full sheep; blind-stamped decoration on covers., Pen trials inside front and back covers, including several drawings of cats, mice, and a bird., Signature of Robert Cottesford on end-paper., and Table of contents to the Latin quotations appears on pp. 172-5.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--1066-1687, Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century, and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, Latin poetry--17th century, Medicine, Meditations (Religious), Philosophy, and Prayers
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of several dozen secular and lighthearted poems, primarily on the subject of love, though a few poems concern drinking and tobacco. The manuscript contains numerous love poems by Sir John Suckling and Thomas Carew; other poets in the volume include Sir Robert Ayton, John Wilbye, and John Fletcher. An anonymous poem consists of a pastoral dialogue between Phyllis and Strephon; several are addressed to Chloris; and numerous others are set to the tunes of other songs.
Description:
Binding: full sheep.
Subject (Name):
Ayton, Robert,--Sir,--1570-1638, Carew, Thomas,--1595?-1639?, Suckling, John,--Sir,--1609-1642, and Wilbye, John,--1574-1638
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, Love poetry, English--17th century, Pastoral poetry, English, and Songs, English--17th century
Manuscript on paper, in various hands, of a collection of over 200 recipes in various hands. About half the recipes are for perfumes, including jasmine water; powders for scenting clothes and wigs; "acqua d'angeli"; and various balsam recipes. The volume also includes recipes for cooking delicacies and desserts such as "sorbete de pistache"; "the Duchess of Cleveland's sillybub"; "the king's sack posset"; and "Devonshire whirlpot." Other items include a medical prescription by Ludwig Kepler for "pulvis cephalicus"; a report by a Paduan doctor on the beneficial properties of coffee; and three pen and wash drawings of cassolettes.
Description:
Binding: full parchment; green silk ties., Decorated title page., In Italian, French, Spanish and English., Laid in: dealer's description of manuscript; a typed transcript of three of the recipes in the manuscript; and 15 loose quarto leaves with additional recipes., and On spine: "Ricette per Camera Bottiglia: Credenza e Cucina."
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of quoted proverbs on such subjects as youth, wisdom, wealth and poverty, sin and wickedness, and virtue, drawn from contemporary collections such as John Clarke's Paroemiologia Anglolatina, George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum, and James Shirley's Wit's Labyrinth. The aphorisms are arranged alphabetically according to the first word; in the first volume, some of the letter tabs are still intact, while all the letter tabs are intact in the second volume. Dates appear throughout both volumes, indicating the years 1653 and 1654.
Description:
Binding: half calf over machine-grain morocco., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In gilt on spine: English Proverbs., Marbled endpapers., Pasted inside front cover: binder's ticket which reads "Bretherton, ligavit, 1848.", and Phillipps MSS 12157 and 12158.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, John,--1609-1676., Herbert, George,--1593-1633., and Shirley, James,--1596-1666.
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms., Conduct of life--17th century., and Proverbs, English.
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of about 44 amorous, erotic, religious, and political verses, as well as some Latin prose on historical and philosophical subjects. The volume includes a series of religious satirical poems titled The Papists Rymes, followed by Protestants Answeare, in which topics as the Bible and the prophets are debated. Other short satirical verses include an epitaph on the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Parker; another on Richard Talbot; and one titled Verses Made On Lawyer Hoy his Tryall For Bugering of a Boy; as well as a satirical poem titled Writt In A Bogghouse in Grays Time, in which the line "Hynd & Panther, Woolf & Bear" have been glossed, "Romanish & Church of England & al sorts of Fanatiques."
Description:
Binding: full calf., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Printed waste endpapers; the printed matter is a Latin excerpt from "Aristotelis, De Moribus.", Signature in front and back of Edward Rawstorne., and Written in pencil, in a later hand, on the flyleaves: the poem "Winter" by James Thomson.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century. and Ireland--History--1660-1690.
Subject (Name):
Church of England--Controversial literature., Church of England--Doctrines., Parker, Samuel,--1640-1688., Rawstorne, Edward--Autograph., Thomson, James,--1700-1748., and Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot,--Earl of,--1630-1691.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century., Epitaphs., Religious poetry, English., and Satirical verse, English.
Manuscript, in mutliple hands, of a collection of several hundred riddles, acrostics, and rebuses, lighthearted poems primarily on female behavior, and several dozen hand-colored satirical engravings and newspaper clippings pasted in. Poem titles include Female loquacity; An excellent new song written for a masquerade at Edinburgh; Epitaph on a talkative woman; and Chit-chat at a country ball. The engravings primarily satirize social subjects, while the newspaper clippings include brief biographies of nobility; a survey of the mail in South America; a poem by George Tucker of Virginia; a chart portraying the expenditure on in "all the Christian world"; and several clippings on the votes of Parliamentary members in Ireland and England on whether to let Catholics sit in Parliament. A number of the riddles involve musical notation. Many of the entries have been decorated and colored.
Description:
Binding: half black morocco over machine-grain morocco-covered boards. Front cover missing., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In modern hand in pencil on flyleaf: Prob originating in Ireland (Plunkett family). Probably compiled by Lady Harriet Plunkett., and Marbled endpapers.
Subject (Topic):
Acrostics., Catholics--Ireland--Politics and government., English poetry--19th century., English wit and humor., Engravings, British., Rebuses., Riddles., Verse satire, English., Women authors., and Women--Conduct of life.
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of over a hundred poems. Many are serious verses on the subject of death, including An epitaph on Jo. Moon, sometime clark of Modbury, by Jos. King; An epitaph on Mrs. Honour Rich; The Earl of Montrose's lamentation for the death of King Charles I; epitaphs on Dives and Lazarus; and On a skeleton sitting on a pile of dead men's bones. This last poem is illustrated by a pen drawing and is followed by numerous verses on death. and The volume also contains many lighthearted poems, especially concerning love and women's behavior. These include The despairing lover; a satirical poem titled To Strephon; and numerous lighthearted songs. Two shape poems titled Hope and Charity concern moral behavior; and one poem, Thomas Rich gent. to Ms. Ellen Bogan, postea uxor, is an acrostic on Ellen's name. Authors represented in the collection include William Congreve; John Dryden; John Wilmot, earl of Rochester; and Matthew Prior.
Description:
Binding: full calf. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William,--1670-1729., Dryden, John,--1631-1700., Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721., and Rochester, John Wilmot,--Earl of,--1647-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Acrostics., Death--Poetry., Elegiac poetry, English., English poetry--18th century., Epitaphs, English., Humorous poetry, English., Verse satire, English., Visual poetry., and Women--Conduct of life.
Manuscript on paper, in several different hands, of a collection of about 69 poems and prose entries, primarily on philosophical, religious, and metaphysical subjects. Prose pieces in the volume include a copy of Ethica Compendium, by Johann Stier; and The Life of Richard Marsh D. D. Archdeacon of York Vicar of Halifax, and Chaplain to King Charles 2nd From a Manuscript Written By His Descendant. Verses include numerous poems by John Donne; Song To A Coy Lady by Alexander Brome; and other poems by Cowley, Thomas Otway, and Richard Fanshaw. Pasted in on p. 263 is a contemporary MS copy of a poem, "Rise oh my sone wth thy desires to heaven," which the writer attributes to Sir Henry Wotton. The manuscript also includes a list of Middle English words titled "A few words from Urry's Chaucer that seem to have furnished several English families with surnames."
Description:
Cloth endpapers. Binding: full sheep. and Signature on flyleaf: "William Han. 1644."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century