Contains six poems, including items by Pope, Gray, and Prior; also, a large collection of moral aphorisms entitled 'Seneca unmasqued'.
Commonplace-book owned by the Lewis family, including transcribed poems by Pope, Gray, and Prior
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 109
- Dates of Creation
- ca. 1700-1750
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (100 ff.), manuscript. Written in two hands, dating probably from the early and mid-18th century. Ff.70-100 are blank. On the front flyleaf there are two names of owners, namely: 'Kath: Lewis' and 'Johana Lewis'. Bound in dark brown leather which is gilt embossed with decorations and gilt tooling. There is marbling on both inside covers and endpapers. The back board is detached.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The compilers of this manuscript are unknown.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Heath's bookshop on 10 January 1996.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bclt109