Genesis (Anglo-Saxon poem) and Paraphrasis poetica Genesios ac praecipuarum sacrae paginae historiarum
Description:
Contains the Anglo Saxon Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel formerly ascribed to Cædmon, "Christ and Satan" or "Harrowing of Hell.", Interleaved with ms. notes by Jan Van Fliet. Autograph and ms. note on t.p. of William Griffith explaining that he had acquired this book in Breda in August 1667 from the library of the late Jan Van Fliet, who had written the annotations. The book had belonged to Isaac Vossius and had been given by Vossius's great nephew to Jan van Vliet (cf. ms. note on p. 1). Blind stamp and bookplate of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield ("North Library ...1860" surmounted by crest of the Earl of Macclesfield with motto "sapere aude")., and Signatures: [triangle of dots with parentheses]² A-O⁴.
Publisher:
Apud Christophorum Cunradi, typis & sumptibus editoris and Prostant Hagae-Comitum apud Adrianum Vlacq
Subject (Name):
Cunradus, Christophorus, bookseller, Griffith, William--Autograph, Griffith, William--Ms. notes, Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677, Macclesfield, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme, Earl of, 1811-1896--Bookplate, Macclesfield, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme, Earl of, 1811-1896--Stamp, Vliet, Jan van, 1622-1666--Ms. notes, and Vossius, Isaac, 1618-1689--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Bible--O.T.--History of Biblical events--Poetry, Bible--Paraphrases, English (Old), and English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Caption title., In verse., Text in two columns, within decorative border., Printer's first initial unverified., First line: Britons, rejoice! all hail the joyful day ..., "[Price two pence."--Lower right corner., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Booth, printer, St. Andrew's Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption titles., Two slip songs printed on one sheet, in two columns, each titled separately. Woodcut illustration above title in first column., Additional printer's statement in second column: T. Bloomer, printer, Birmingham., In verse., First line of "Caroline, a new song": She comes, she comes in spite of fate ..., First line of "God save the Queen": God save Queen Caroline ..., Two songs in support of Queen Caroline on her return to England, and during the ‘trial’ in the House of Commons., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Bloomer, printer, High Street, Birmingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
All-engraved card printed with a black mourning board, with an image of her home Claremont below the title and below, nine lines that provide biographical details and an anecdote a snuff box that she had commissioned before her death, a gift for her husband Prince Leopold. A poem of nine lines, intended to be inscribed on the lid of the snuff box, is engraved below
Alternative Title:
Late residence of our much beloved and truly lamented Lady, the Princess Charlotte of Wales ...
Description:
Title from texted engraved above image., First line of verse: To Claremonts terrac'd heights, and Esher's Groves ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865., and Claremont House (Surrey, England),
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm of thunder and lightning; and To a lady with some of the author's verses. The collection also contains sonnets on ambition and on the death of a child; and, pasted in, a poem in Latin titled On Holbein's picture of Lord Cromwell
Description:
In English and Latin., Inside front cover: bookplate of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwick., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
Caption title., Two columns of text with a woodcut of a coffin above the title., Numbered '95' in upper right corner., and Printed three times on verso: Warranted a fast color and dyed in grain. With loss of upper left corner of sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Ordoyne, printer, Paunier-Close, Nottingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Verse begins: "English blankets and broad cloths,"., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Between the title and the poem proper, spanning both columns, are four lines of introductory verse: John Malcolm, merchant, on the Green, | I' th' good old town of Aberdeen; | sells the following useful things, | to suit both beggars, lords, and kings.", In two columns, separated by an ornamental rule; signed at the foot of the second column: "John Malcolm, on the Green"; imprint at foot, spanning both columns, below a wavy ornamental rule., Signed below second column: John Malcolm, On the green., Mounted on leaf 17. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Hammond, (at his office, ) St. Martin's Lane, five doors below the church
In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint at foot of the third; the columns are separated by thick solid rules., Verse begins: "Fair lady lay your costly robes aside,", The verse earlier went under the title of 'The great messenger of mortality'., 'Death' precedes the first line., Imprint below third column., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 27. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41 Long-Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Death, Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Death (Personification), Hourglasses, and Spears
Verse - "Awake! awake! O England,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by ornamental rules., Date of publication suggested by cataloger., Mounted on leaf 32. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Judgment of God, Solar eclipses, Death's head, and Skull & crossbones
Caption title., First line: John Stacey, aged 21, and John Stacey his father, were indicted for the wilful murder ..., Printed in two columns. With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution which took place on the day of the Magdalen Hill Fair, Winchester, in front of a crowd. With a poem at the end "Mournful copy of verses": Come all ye youths of Britains Isle, and listen unto me, Take warning by my sad downfall, my evil destiny ..., John Stacey junior was convicted for the robbery and violent murder of Mr. Langtree and his housekeeper (and niece) Charity Jolliffe at their house in Portsmouth. This broadside offers the evidence of Ann Dyatt and James Hendy, who discovered the bodies, together with that of Mr. George Martell, surgeon, who examined the bodies. No evidence as to how Stacey was convicted is offered, but he, together with his father, both confessed to their crime. Stacey junior, who committed the murders, was executed; Stacey Senior, who was present during the crime, was sentenced to transportation., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Catnach, 7, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England, Portsmouth., and Winchester.
Subject (Name):
Stacey, John, -1829.
Subject (Topic):
Murderers, Thieves, Murder, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)