Autograph manuscript collection of copies of receipts, etc. from the papers of Robert Dodsley (1703-1764); also contains notes on William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and George Steevens (1736-1800).
Alternative Title:
For the essay on metre
Subject (Name):
Dodsley, Robert,--1703-1764, Malone, Edmond,--1741-1812, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation, and Steevens, George,--1736-1800
Collection of Jacobite verses; contains approximately sixty poems chiefly referring to political events in 1714-17; there is one poem on the battle at Gladsmair (1745).
Description:
Anonymous manuscript in two hands. and Binding: panelled calf, front and back covers unattached.
Oliver Cromwell - autograph letters and historical documents 1646-1658
Image Count:
1
Description:
Binding: full blue Levant Morocco by Riviere. and Bound with 12 other works with binder's title: Oliver Cromwell. Autograph letters and historical documents 1646-1658.
Collection of manuscripts, mostly in verse, from the papers of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) or his sister, Frances; includes: 1) a poem addressed to Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774); 2) an "Epitaph on Hogarth" (William Hogarth, 1697-1764) by David Garrick (1717-1807); 3) an "Elegy on the Death of Sir Joshua Reynolds"; and 4) a pen-drawing of a stout soldier with a dog; two of the poems are in the hand of Mary (Palmer) O'Brien, marchioness of Thomond (d. 1820).
