Poetical miscellany compiled by John Dixon [manuscript], [ca. 1780-1817].
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Title
Poetical miscellany compiled by John Dixon [manuscript], [ca. 1780-1817].
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Poems
Description
6 v. ; 23 x 14 cm
Associated name
Dixon, John, active 18th-19th century, compiler.
Hudson, Robert Arundell, former owner.
Beecroft, Judith, active 1781-1842.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Taylor, John, active 18th-19th century.
Hudson, Robert Arundell, former owner.
Beecroft, Judith, active 1781-1842.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Taylor, John, active 18th-19th century.
Scope and content
A miscellany containing extracts, mainly from English poetry of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including some from Shakespeare. In vol. 1 (M.a. 53) is a silhouette of Dixon by his granddaughter Laura Beecroft, some introductory remarks by his daughter Judith Dixon Beecroft, and a laudatory poem by John Taylor. From these we learn that Dixon was over 80 at the time of his death, that he was "skilled in the graphic art," and that he was a musician.
Note
For 3 volumes of mainly prose extracts compiled by Dixon, see Folger MS M.a.50-52.
Binding information
Marbled boards and calf backstrips, red labels, "Poems," ca.1795-1817, replaced (Folger 1952) by green cloth backstrips.
Provenance
Each volume contains the bookplate of Robert Arundell Hudson.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Maggs Bros. in September 1928.
Item Details
Call number
M.a.53-58
Folger accession
cs1837