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
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of about 59 satirical poems and songs by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, John Oldham, John Dryden, Aphra Behn, and others. Poems include Rochester's Satyr Against Man, Upon Nothing, and Tunbridge Wells; Dryden's ...
Description:
Binding: full sheep.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century