Poems by the Right Honourable John, Earle of Rochester
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8
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing twenty-five poems, the complete text of the play "Lucinas Rape; or, the Tragedy of Vallentinian" with Sir Francis Fane's "Masque," and a prose address "To the Reader", purportedly by a William Lovesey, Vicar of Brampton....
Description:
Binding: half-russia, marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Fane, Francis,--Sir,--d. 1689?
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century and Verse satire, English
Anthology with several poems possibly original; there are also poems by Miss Aikin [Anna Letitia Barbauld, nee Aikin (1743-1825)], James Merrick (1720-1769), Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), William Shenstone (1714-1763), and Henry Fielding (1707-1754).
In the Savoy, Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Anchor, in the lower-walk of the New-Exchange,
Subject (Name):
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,--1772-1834--Autograph., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,--1772-1834--Ms. notes., Donne, John, 1604-1662., Lamb, Charles,--1775-1834--Ownership., and Strong, George Templeton,--1820-1875--Ms. notes.
Poems written upon several occasions. and Poems. Selections
Description:
Blank leaves at end of volume, added by binder, used as commonplace book by Elisabeth Moyle Gregor to copy unpublished or uncollected poems by Waller, and other contemporary verse (47 pages of mss.); printed text also contains manuscript corrections.
Publisher:
Printed for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor in the Lower-walk of the New Exchange,
Subject (Name):
Gregor, Elisabeth Moyle--Autograph, inscription of presentation from W. Moyle, 1684, commonplace book, and ms. notes (BEIN OSBORN pb110 1), Gregor, Mary--Autograph (BEIN OSBORN pb110 1), Long, Sarah--Autograph, 1701/2 (Tinker 2273), and Moyle, Walter,--d. 1701--Inscription to E.M. Gregor (BEIN OSBORN pb110 1)
Scribal manuscript, on paper, in a single unidentified hand, in italic, containing the texts of 47 poems by Thomas Carew, some of which have corrections in his hand. Corrected texts include "A Rapture," "To Ben Johnson," "Lipps and Eyes," "To the Coun...
Description:
"Gower" written in upper-right corner of first blank page (unfoliated).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers.
Subject (Name):
Carew, Thomas,--1595?-1639?, Gower, John Leveson Gower,--Earl,--1694-1754--Bookplate., and Pirie, Robert S.--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. and English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700.
