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Title
Poetical miscellany [manuscript], 1786-1798.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, 1786-1798
Description
171 leaves ; 25 x 19 cm
Associated name
Seward, Anna, 1742-1809.
Bridgeman, Lady.
Bridgeman, Lady.
Scope and content
"The following Collection commenced October An. MDCCLXXXVI." "The Foregoing Collection was completed December 4th MDCCXCVIII." The first poem is "The poets Wish: An Ode to Shakespeare's Fairy Queen, Inscribed to Lady Bridgeman." Many of the poems are connected with Llangollen in Denbigshire. Several are by Anna Seward, and others are connected with Lichfield.
Binding information
Original half calf, marbled paper boards.
Includes
Poets wish.
Item Details
Call number
M.a.163
Folger accession
cs1187