John Donne and William Strode: Poems

Scope and Content

A manuscript collection of poems mainly by John Donne and William Strode. On the flyleaf are the signatures of Edward Hyde (1607-1659) and Robert Walker. The volume has the bookplate of Baron Aston of Forfar. Many of the pages are unused.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Received from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1982.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Alternative Form Available

Microfilm available

Related Material

Cambridge University Library holds other papers relating to John Donne, MS.Ee.4.14 and MSS.Add.29, 5147, 5778 and 8466-8469.

Bibliography

The collection is no. 1863 in Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Bibliotheca bibliographici (London, 1964), p. 191.

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