Poems transcribed on ff.2r-39v include five by Prior, three each by Waller and Isaac Watts, two each by Swift, Pope (1 unattributed), Motteux and Marvell, and one each by Ambrose Philips, Laurence Eusden, Edward Ward and William Harrison (unattributed); two other poems are unattributed
Poetical commonplace book
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 61
- Dates of Creationca.1715
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 vol. (47 ff.) Bound in paper cover with engraving on front of "Willihellimus Henricus ye IIId Prince of Oringe borne November ye 14 1650" on horseback. Contemporary signature of James Gollop appears on f.1r; f.1v is headed "Book.1 the Part", f.19v being similarly headed for Book 2; on f.46v appears "A Catalogue of the Books I have" (4 items). In a single hand.
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Acquisition Information
Bought from Pickering, November 1982
Note
In English
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Custodial History
James Gollop