Autograph manuscript of a poem on the debate contest at King Darius' court chronicled in I Esdras 3-4. In the end Darius promises to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple as Zerubbabel's prize for his winning oration which argued that "women were more stro...
Description:
Binding: stitched, Marbled-paper endsheets, with handwriting beneath.
Subject (Name):
Rose, Aquila,--1695-1723 and Zerubbabel--(Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--O.T.--Apocrypha.--Esdras, 1st, Bible--History of Biblical events--Poetry--Early works to 1800, English poetry--18th century, and Religious poetry, English--18th century
