Notebook of autograph poems, verse epigrams and verse translations by Sir Philip Wodehouse, in sections interspersed with verse by his son Sir Edmund, mainly in the latter's hand. F.1v-55v, 57v, 58v-59r: Sir Philip, "Noctes sylvaticae"; ff.68r-85r: Sir Edmund, transcript from 6 July 1715 of his own verse variously dated 1713-1714; ff.86r-108v, 109v-114r: Sir Philip, "Sylvula, pars 2a, sive Florilegium epigrammaticorum"; ff.115r-176v: Sir Edmund, transcripts dated 29 April 1683 to 26 November 1715; ff.177v-181v: Sir Philip, long neo-Latin poem headed, possibly by Sir Philip, "Patris mei", with his English version; ff.182r-188v: Sir Edmund, final section, dated 28 November to 26 December 1715; ff.189v-190r: Sir Philip, final epigrams and anagrams
Autograph poems, verse epigrams and verse translations, by Sir Philip Wodehouse and Sir Edmund Wodehouse
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- Dates of Creationca.1664-1715
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Latin
- Physical Description1 vol. (190 ff.) Vellum, gilt, with traces of green silk ties.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd bart., M.P. for Norfolk 1654-1658, and for Thetford from 1660.
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Acquisition Information
Bought at Sotheby's sale, 20 November 1973, Lot 160
Note
In English and Latin
Custodial History
Sold at Sotheby's as the property of the Earl of Kimberley
Additional Information
The volume was purchased as a blank book in 1664