Miscellany of English Restoration verse

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 54
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1680-1695
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (224 ff.) Bound in contemporary red morocco stamped with gilt designs. "Captain Robinson" appears on the fly-leaf.

Scope and Content

Substantial collection of English Restoration verse, in four hands

Administrative / Biographical History

The compilers of the miscellany are unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Bought from Quaritch (Christie), July 1979

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

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

Custodial History

Captain Robinson

Bibliography

See the detailed calendar of the manuscript by Paul Hammond, "The Robinson Manuscript Miscellany of Restoration Verse in the Brotherton Collection, Leeds", in: Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Literary and Historical Section Vol. XVIII Part III (December 1982) pp.275-324.