Mainly poetical miscellany or commonplace book, in two hands, one c.1728-1750, the other seemingly that of George Scott, c.1766-1779. Fols 89v-90r: "Latin Proverbs with English Ones that answer to them".
Poetical commonplace book, partly in the hand of George Scott
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 12
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1728-1779
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (94 ff.) Pp.78-81 blank. P.82: note initialled G.S., i.e. by owner George Scott, ca.1766, referring to a poem on p.83. Most of the subsequent poems are in Scott's hand. Blank pp.: 84, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 100, all after p.140 (15 ff. plus one verso and one recto). Notes by Scott: pp.86, 98. Ff.91-92r: index in 2 columns. Bookplate of George Scott. Quarter leather and cloth boards (front board loose), 4 leather ties.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
George Scott was of Woolston Hall, Essex
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Sotheby's sale, 28 July 1964, Lot 451
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html