Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1735.
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Title
Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1735.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, ca. 1735
Description
354 p. (first 4 missing, last 300 blank)
Associated name
Sheppard, Fleetwood, Sir, 1634-1698.
Scope and content
Some 15 satirical verses and ballads, starting with "Vox clero lilibolero," by Sir Fleetwood Sheppard, and including one, "The devil of Tinkerton," attributed to Dryden. Also a report of George I's quarrel with the Prince of Wales on the christening of his son, 1717.
Includes
Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Devil of Tinkerton.
Item Details
Call number
W.a.103
Folger accession
MS. Add. 181