Some poems are initialled "wx", "x", or with William Fairfax's monogram. Inserted is an early engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, with engraved verses (at the front).
Autograph notebook, including verse, by William Fairfax
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 22
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1620
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (41 ff.) Bound in 19th-century grey cloth boards with free endpapers and pastedowns likewise in grey paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
William Fairfax, soldier, was born at Denton in Yorkshire
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Quaritch (Sotheby), December 1971
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Custodial History
Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 23076)