Manuscript on paper containing twenty-seven poems, mostly Court satires, including works by Andrew Marvell; John Wilmot, earl of Rochester; Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset; and Sir Carr Scroope. With other unattributed texts including "Peyton's Fat...
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Bookplate: The Rt. Hon.ble John L.d Brownlowe, Baron Charleville. & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. and Belton House (Lincolnshire, England)
Subject (Topic):
Political poetry, English, Political satire, English, and History
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a large collection of poems. The first volume contains primarily occasional poems and satirical verse; titles include "To a Fellow, who after the Author had done Him Some Service, endeavour'd to ridicule Him in a stupi...
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Binding: quarter contemporary leather.
Subject (Name):
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820, Handel, George Frideric,--1685-1759, Lockman, John,--1698-1771, and Smith, John Christopher,--1712-1795
Subject (Topic):
English drama--18th century, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Music--England--18th century, Occasional verse, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
A collection of copies of about 36 English poems, in various hands, many of them satirical and bawdy. Political and social satires include Thomas Brown's Melting Downe The Plate, Or The Pisspotts Farewell; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester's Satire Agai...
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Binding: enfolded by a paper cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of the 1628 version of the poem "The deplorable life and death of Edward the Second" (Hubert denounced this edition and published his authorized fuller text in 1629), incomplete at end, lacking last 4 s...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
In literature, English literature, English poetry, Historical poetry, English, Lute music, Political poetry, English, and Songs, English
Manuscripts, in different hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily satirical and anonymous poems, many scatological. The majority of the poems are political satires, especially concerning the abdication of King James II and the accession of ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cleveland, Barbara Palmer, Duchess of, 1640-1709., Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691., Hall, Jacob., James II, King of England, 1633-1701., Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683., and William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Political poetry, English, Verse satire, English, Ballads, English, Songs, English, Women, Conduct of life, Court and courtiers, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Dos-a-dos are several dozen primarily cooking recipes, for such dishes as barley broth, cherry wine, and lemon cream; as well as instructions on fishing. At the beginning of the manuscript are recipes for making ink and treating chilblains.
Description:
Armorial bookplate inside front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century and Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1714
Subject (Name):
Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712 and Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692
Subject (Topic):
Anti-Catholicism --England, Cooking, English, English poetry --17th century, Fishing --England, Latin poetry, Political poetry, English, Traditional medicine --Great Britain --Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, and Verse satire, English --17th century
Anonymous manuscript, consisting of poems, riddles, proverbs, copies of political documents and correspondence, personal notes from varied sources, satires and a travel journal. All in an unknown hand.
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Includes: Confession of fayth by Sir Francis Bacon; A declaration how the King ...; Choicest English proverbs collected out of Howell's ...; Then tell me why?
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 83 poems, primarily political verse satires, from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A number of the poems satirize King William III, including The lamentation of the French king for the death of ...
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Binding: full calf; gilt decoration on spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--17th century and Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Parliament, Marlborough, John Churchill,--Duke of,--1650-1722, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, consisting of about 37 prose and verse pieces, many on political, satirical, and topical subjects. Prose pieces include a tract titled Vox Populi, Or Newes from Spaine, Translated According to the Spanish Coppie...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Spain., Spain, and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Assheton, Ralph, Sir, 1603-1680., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., and Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
Subject (Topic):
Anagrams, English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Political poetry, English, Shorthand, Verse satire, English, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
