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 King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
Description:
Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720(?)
Published / Created:
[1680-1700].
Call Number:
Osborn fb70
Collection Title:
[Collection of 17th century poems], [1680-1700].
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
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 King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
Description:
Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Verse - "A noble young 'squire that liv'd in the west,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by ornamental rules., Range of publication dates from the Bodleian Library Ballads database., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Imprint below ornamental line in third and fourth columns., Mounted on leaf 4. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 17 original songs, many of them love songs, written in an interleaved copy of Rider's British Merlin, 1698. Titles include "The Deceitful Lover," "The scolding wife," and "Beauty's advocate or the Charms of beauty." The manuscript also includes numerous memoranda and accounts of receipts, primarily relating to copying legal papers. A memorandum dated May 8 1721 mentions the Mayor having "given consent to the players to have the Moothall for playing in."
Description:
In English., Several pages throughout are written in a different hand, some in pencil, which include crude drawings of owls, a strawberry, and a pot of flowers, a list of names including "Isabela Larmouth" whose name also appears on the flyleaf, and a partially obliterated short narrative about "a naughty boy who cryed.", Inscription on flyleaf: "George Cuthbertson. Sept. 13, 1717" and "Isbla Larmouth Lerneth.", Inscription on p. 4: "George Archibauld James.", Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full calf; blind-tooled decoration; remains of metal clasps.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Cuthbertson, George.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, English literature, English poetry, Love songs, Memorandums, and Songs, English
Age of man, display'd in ten different stages of life
Description:
Caption title on three lines., Verse - "In prime of years, when I was young,"., In three columns separated by columns of type ornaments; the title and three woodcuts span the first two columns; the sequence of woodcuts is: Father Time; a woman riding a donkey, with a baby in a cradle and a lamb in the foreground; Death., Six long dashes above imprint at foot of column three., Mounted on leaf 1. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard
Subject (Topic):
Life cycle, Human, Songs, English, Life cycle, Death, and Youth
Verse begins: "Attend you nymphs and virgins,"., In three columns; the title and illustration above the first column; the imprint at foot of the third column, below a series of long dashes; the columns are not separated by rules., Dating based on the imprint; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 14. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard
Subject (Topic):
Songs, English, Shepherds, Shepherdesses, and Sheep
"View overlooking gardens, showing a band playing from the orchestra on the right; elegantly dressed figures strolling through gardens or seated at tables amongst trees; head-piece illustration to 'The Musical Entertainer', p. 21; with the score of a song below, all printed from the same plate."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vaux-Hal Garden and Vauxhall Garden
Description:
Title from item., Dedication beneath title: To the Rt. Hon. [the] Ld. Visct. Baltimore, these four plates are humbly inscrib'd., Engraved song sheet with an etching at top of plate. Music on two staves with interlinear words. Additional four stanzas in two columns below., Opening words: Flora, Goddess, sweetly blooming ..., Plate from: Bickham, G. Musical entertainer., Musical entertainer is sometimes attributed to George Bickham, Senior., Plate numbered "21" in upper right corner., "No. VI."--Lower left corner., and Eighteenth-century watermark. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Songs with piano, Songs with harpsichord, and Songs, English
Manuscript music book containing hymns and songs, vocal parts only, for treble and tenor. Most are identified by names of hymn tunes or Psalm numbers, and most are without texts. Songs with texts include "An Elegy Made on the Death of Queene Mary" and "King George's Anthem." Music is preceded by printed leaves titled "The Gamut or Scale of Musick," rules for "finding your Mi," and "Musical Characters" (no place, publisher, or date); and manuscript "Rules for Tuning the Voice."
Description:
Staff notation., Vocal texts in English., and Title from title page.
Subject (Name):
Miles, Susanna, active 1759., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, English, Singing, Instruction and study, Songbooks, English, and Songs, English
Sudden call from an earthly glory to the cold grave
Description:
Verse begins: "Thou wealthy man of large possessions here,"., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Printed in four columns with two woodcuts and the title above the first two; imprint at foot of the fourth column, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 6. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sol by J. Evans, 41 Long-Lane
Subject (Topic):
Death, Religious aspects, Christianity, Songs, English, Ballads, English, Dialogues, English, Skeletons, Hourglasses, and Arrows
