The volume also contains some prose
Poetical commonplace book, compiled by Benjamin Coles
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 24
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1730-1741
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (171 ff.) F.1r, ownership inscription by Coles, 1732. Certain pieces are written in shorthand. Printed text of "The devil of Tinkerton" (Dryden from Chaucer) pasted on f.21r from back. Engraved diagrams pasted on a front and a back flyleaf. Inscription by B. Coles (a nephew) on another front flyleaf. Record of purchase of the volume by R. Brown from Benjamin Coles, 8 August 1754, on another back flyleaf. 19th-century signature "Jas. Langlands" on front pastedown, which also bears ownership address label of Mrs V.J. Dawson, Southam nr. Cheltenham, 14 May 1965. The volume is bound in 18th-century red morocco gilt, but with back board and its flyleaves nearly detached.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Benjamin Coles was of Great Forster's, Egham, Surrey
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Bought from Quaritch (Sotheby), April 1966
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Custodial History
Former owners include R. Brown, James Langlands, and Mrs V.J. Dawson