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Book of verses : seria mixta jocis.

Published / Created:
1667
Call Number:
Osborn b465
Image Count:
276
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, on paper, in several mid-seventeenth-century cursive hands, containing a collection of poems mainly by sixteenth- and seventeeth-century English and Scottish authors, divided into six "Books of Verse." Thomas Carew is represented by 17 poe...
Description:
Annotated in ink on front flyleaf in an eighteenth-century? hand: 12. shill.
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland--Poetry, Songs, English--Early works to 1800, and Songs, Scots--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616, Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?, Cleveland, John, 1613-1658, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Duff, Thomas Fraser,--Bookplate, Dyer, Edward, Sir, 1543-1607, Etherege, George, 1636-1691 or 1692, Frendraught, James, Viscount, -1699?--Autograph, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625, Pirie, Robert S.--Bookplate, Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586, Townshend, Aurelian, active 1601-1643, and Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English--Early works to 1800, Ballads, Scots--Early works to 1800, English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700, English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700, Epigrams, English--Early works to 1800, Epitaphs--Early works to 1800, Satire, English--Early works to 1800, Scottish literature--To 1700, and Scottish poetry--To 1700
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of verses : seria mixta jocis.

2.
Poesie Inglesi

Creator:
Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, collector
Published / Created:
[late 17th century].
Call Number:
Osborn fb66
Image Count:
130
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
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...
Description:
Binding: enfolded by a paper cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704, Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680--Hudibras, Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679, Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680, and Shirley, James, 1596-1666
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Political poetry, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poesie Inglesi

3.
[Commonplace book]

Creator:
Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702
Published / Created:
[1653? and later]
Call Number:
Osborn b112
Image Count:
301
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing brief quotations and maxims on approximately 500 primarily moral and philosophical subjects, arranged alphabetically under Latin headings. Sample headings include Ars, Consilio, Deus, Felicitas, Ingrat...
Description:
Imperfect: errors in pagination; pages 336-339 wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe --Politics and government, Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century, and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Herbert, George, 1593-1633, Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600, Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702, Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683, and Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms, English literature --17th century, and Maxims
Found in:
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4.
[Commonplace book]

Published / Created:
[ca. 1640].
Call Number:
Osborn b62
Image Count:
78
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript consisting of a collection of poems in English by various authors, all in one unidentified hand. Includes works attributed to Walton Poole; Henry King (1592-1669); Sir John Davies (1569-1626); Giles Hayward and Richard Corbet (1582-1635).
Description:
Binding: stitched; no covers.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Donne, John, 1572-1631, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, King, Henry, 1592-1669, and Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635
Subject (Topic):
Anagrams , Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--17th century, Epigrams, Metaphysics--Poetry, Occasional verse, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Found in:
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5.
[Commonplace book]

Creator:
Alston, Tobias, 1620-ca.1639.
Published / Created:
[ca. 1639]
Call Number:
Osborn b197
Image Count:
97
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript of a collection of about 250 primarily light, satirical, or amatory English poems by various authors. In addition to twelve poems by Robert Herrick, primarily on love, the manuscript also contains poems by Thomas Carew, John Donne...
Description:
Disbound and separated into 21 folders.
Subject (Name):
Alston, Tobias, 1620-ca. 1639, Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628, Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?, Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631, Harington, John, 1589-1654, Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, University of Cambridge--Poetry, and Wither, George, 1588-1667
Subject (Topic):
Bawdy poetry--England, English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Latin poetry, Love--Poetry, Political satire, English--17th century, Songs, English--17th century, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]