Manuscript collection of verse, comic epitaphs and epigrams, including "Apollo's Rout, by a Lady"; "Verses on a Flea"; "On a Rake who Married a Young Wife;" and "To the Pope, on a Lady Abroad 1774."
Description:
Note on inside front cover: "All Articles in this Book marked this [checkmark] are original."
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 inc...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Topic):
Acrostics, Catholics, Politics and government, English poetry, English wit and humor, Engravings, British, Rebuses, Riddles, Verse satire, English, Women, Conduct of life, and Women authors
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 M...
Description:
Binding: full calf.
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.
Autograph manuscript of a collection of didactic material. The manuscript begins with specimens of calligraphy, labeled Courte hande, Chancerie hande, Secretarie hande, cloven hande, curled hand, chayned hand, and Roman hande, as well as examples of ...
Description:
Imperfect: some pages mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Hill family, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, and Perkins, William, 1558-1602
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Calligraphy --England, Children--Conduct of life, English poetry --17th century, Genealogy--England, Proverbs, English, Proverbs, Latin, Recipes--Great Britain, and Weights and measures--England
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 50 notes and extracts from various works on ancient and contemporary English history; character sketches of classical personages in the manner of Plutarch; and epigrammatic verses in Latin and En...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., Romulus, King of Rome., Solon, approximately 630 B.C.-approximately 560 B.C., William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087., and Theseus, King of Athens.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, English poetry, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Latin poetry, Names, Personal, History, Kings and rulers, and Politics and government
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 Tho...
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
