Poetical commonplace book [manuscript], ca. 1650.
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Poetical commonplace book [manuscript], ca. 1650.
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Folger card catalog title: Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1650
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. Gaurdian.
Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.
Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. Gaurdian.
Basse, William, -approximately 1653.
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674.
Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.
Scope and content
Several different hands. One, p. 92-209, very similar to hand in V.a.96, leaves 1-84. Authors include Donne, Ben Jonson, Strode, and Thomas Randolph. Poems include Basse's epitaph on Shakespeare (p. 189); Herrick's King Oberon his cloathing, (p. 184); and Cowley's prologue and epilogue to The guardian acted before Prince Charles at Cambridge, 1641,(Wing C6673), (p. 212). On p. 216 is Mr. Denham's "Cooper's Hill", edited by B.O. Hehir in Expans'd hieroglyphicks.
Note
190, 197-209, [210-238] p.; 29 blank leaves at end.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Signed on verso of last leaf by Thomas Oliver Binfield.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Signed on verso of last leaf by Thomas Oliver Binfield.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 2071.6
Item Details
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V.a.322
Folger accession
cs2071