Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Donne, John, 1572-1631.; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.; Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.; Bassano, Abraham, former owner.; Wellden, Stephen, former owner.; Wellden, Elizabeth, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Thoms, William John, 1803-1885, former owner.
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Title
Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1650
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.
Bassano, Abraham, former owner.
Wellden, Stephen, former owner.
Wellden, Elizabeth, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Thoms, William John, 1803-1885, former owner.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.
Bassano, Abraham, former owner.
Wellden, Stephen, former owner.
Wellden, Elizabeth, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Thoms, William John, 1803-1885, former owner.
Scope and content
Probably compiled by a person connected with Oxford, includes fables, epigrams, epitaphs, a narrative poem about Joseph and Potiphar's wife (leaf 97), poems by Donne, Jonson, Raleigh, Suckling, Shakespeare (2 sonnets, leaves 12v and 26), and Peter Heylyn (leaf 40v), and a few prose pieces.
Note
97 leaves. Leaves 6 and 7 interchanged. Some leaves missing though the 19th century pagination is continuous. Pages cut affecting text. Originally two separate volumes.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Poem on leaves 40-42 by Peter Heylyn See BM Quarterly XXXIV, no. 1-2 (Aut. 1969), p. 21.
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Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Poem on leaves 40-42 by Peter Heylyn See BM Quarterly XXXIV, no. 1-2 (Aut. 1969), p. 21.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Provenance
Abraham Bassano -- Stephen Wellden -- Elizabeth Wellden -- Halliwell-Phillipps -- W.J. Thoms MS.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 452.4
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891), 277
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891), 277
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V.a.162
Folger accession
cs452