Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1775.
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Title
Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1775.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1775
Description
2 v. ; 23 x 18 cm
Associated name
Pomfret, John, 1667-1702.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Journey to the western islands of Scotland.
Cosens, F. W. (Frederick William), 1819-1889, former owner.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Journey to the western islands of Scotland.
Cosens, F. W. (Frederick William), 1819-1889, former owner.
Scope and content
M.a.165 contains mainly extracts from Pope, including the whole of "The Rape of the Lock," but also some other extracts. Bound in are two printed books, De-La-Cour's A prospect on poetry, 1734, and Pope's An essay on criticism, 1709, cataloged separately. M.a.166 contains, as its binder's title states, a number of pieces by John Pomfret, also many by other persons, mostly not identified, but including some by Pope. The date is wholly conjectural; the extracts are almost entirely from 18th century works, the latest being Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands, first published in 1775.
Note
M.a.165: 143 leaves (52 blank); M.a.166: 216 leaves (60 blank).
Binding information
Contemporary calf, lettered: M.a.165 "Extracts of Poetry. Pope &c.," M.a.166 "Extracts Poetry. Pomfret &c. M. S."
Provenance
Each volume contains the bookplate of F.W. Cosens.
Item Details
Call number
M.a.165-166
Folger accession
cs1181