Collection of English poems

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 36
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1701-1725
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (58 ff.) Paged to p."77" (f.37r), but pp."9"-"10" are totally wanting, with part of the text of poems; paged again 1-9 (ff.53r-58r). Final pastedown has signatures of William Pidduck 1824 and William Gilbert Pidduck 1888. Bound in modern sheep gilt, antique style.

Scope and Content

Collection of English poems, with two additional poems in a later hand

Administrative / Biographical History

The compiler of this collection of poems is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Bought from Quaritch (Sotheby), August 1970

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html

Custodial History

Presumably once in the possession of William Pidduck and then of William Gilbert Pidduck