Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of notes on primarily biological, scientific, mathematical, and historical subjects, as well as recipes and humorous anecdotes and verses. The volume begins with notes on parrots, crocodiles, the oxfly, parallel rulers, the concept of proportion, and Niagara Falls, followed by a collection of tables of coins and their worth in cities and countries around the world, including England, Ireland, Flanders, Hamburg, Russia, Portugal, Persia, Japan, and Morocco. The volume also contains a list of symbols for chemicals; diagrammatic drawings of ovals, elipses, arches, and squares; humorous epigrams, anecdotes, epitaphs, and riddles; and several entries in shorthand; as well as historical notes on Catherine of Russia, Ostend; Brussels; and St. Petersburg. The last section of the volume is composed primarily of household and veterinarian recipes, including one to cure scabs in sheep; blacking for harnesses; to destroy fleas in dogs; and to cure foul water in cows. A recipe for stuffing birds is annotated, "Best. See my scrap book given by Mr Ashew a stuffer of birds." and The volume also contains several pen drawings, including one to illustrate a mite and another to illustrate parallel rulers.
Description:
Binding: contemporary vellum. Written on cover: William Henry Wayne. Gift of ALS 19 August 1800 Cavendish Bridge., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In English., Partial index at beginning of manuscript., Pasted inside front cover: dealer's description of manuscript., and Pasted inside front cover: receipt dated 1792.
Subject (Geographic):
Russia--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796 and Wayne, William Henry
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Great Britain--19th century, Chemistry--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Coins, English poetry--19th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Mathematics--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Recipes--Great Britain, and Veterinary medicine
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of fifteen 18th-century satirical poems, epigrams, and epitaphs. The poems are primarily political and satirize the royal family and the ministry of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford. The volume includes such titles as A song made on the funeral of the Duke of Marlborough; The brothers; Norfolk hours; and General Churchill's address to Venus. Authors represented in the collection include Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, John Hervey, baron Hervey of Ickworth, and Samuel Westley, while the satiric butts of the poem include King George II; Caroline, queen of George II; Sir Robert Walpole, and John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. The manuscript also contains a serious epitaph for Henry Saint-John, 1st viscount Bolingbroke.
Description:
Binding: panelled speckled calf; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714, and Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760
Subject (Name):
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain,--1683-1737, George--II,--King of Great Britain,--1683-1760, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Marlborough, John Churchill,--Duke of,--1650-1722, and Walpole, Robert,--Earl of Orford,--1676-1745
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
