Manuscript on paper of poems by Tibullus and Catullus. With Life of Tibullus and epitaph
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks similar to Briquet Fleur 6690, Harlfinger Fleur 108 (lower example), Harlfinger Fer a cheval 5 (but with cross), Briquet Tour 15865, Harlfinger Monts 78; unidentified watermarks: mountain, ladder, full-bodied unicorn, letter R., Script: Written by two scribes in humanistic script. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-20v; Scribe 2) ff. 21r-88r. Marginal notations in several contemporary hands., Two inelegant black initials (ff. 1r, 41r) with vine-work ornament on red and blue ground. Simple red initials, some with penwork designs, mark the beginning of each poem. Headings and initial strokes, in red, throughout., Many leaves stained and/or repaired., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf spine and small corners with marbled paper sides.
Two women on the right stand next to a wooden gate and look over at a soldier on the left, who is seated on a hummock and holding a rifle
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Angelica's ladies library; or, Parents and guardians present. London : Printed for J. Hamilton and Co.; and Mrs. Harlow, 1794., Illustration to Lord Lyttelton's translation of parts of an elegy of Tibullus., and Mounted on page 103 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1794, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 and Tibullus
Volume 2, page 48. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two women standing either side of a gate, looking over to a soldier seated on a hummock and holding a rifle at left, a church tower in the distance; oval design, after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below title, from Lord Lyttelton's translation of parts of an elegy of Tibullus: With thee my love to pass my tranquil days, how would I slight ambitions painfull praise, by beauty held in strong, but gentle chains, far from tumultuous war, & dusty plains. Lyttelton., Companion print to: Love and jealousy., and Mounted on page 48 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1786, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 and Tibullus