Verses upon several occasions, English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies : Miscellany 1766.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Sneyd, author.

Contributor:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 volume (42 ff.).

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2006.

Summary:

Collection of Davies's poems, dedicated to the Bishop of Lichfield (Frederick Cornwallis) and Lord Camden (Charles Pratt); written 1766 (by an amanuensis?), with an inserted autograph poem

Notes:

AMDigital Reference:Lt q 19

Author's initials are given on f.36. In English and Latin. Sneyd Davies, poet, classical scolar and cleric, was the second son of Dr Davies, Rector of Kingsland, Herefordshire. He was born at Shrewsbury in 1709 and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he formed lasting friendships with Charles Pratt, later to become Lord Camden, the Lord Chancellor, and Frederick Cornwallis, who became Archbishop of Canterbury. Under the terms of his father's will he inherited the living at Kingsland at the age of just twenty-two, and afterwards became archdeacon of Derby in 1755. He was also a Canon Residentiary of Lichfield Cathedral. He died in January 1769. See Gsli Ragnarsson, "A transcription and description of an eightenth century manuscript of poems by Sneyd Davies: a research exercise", M.A. thesis, University of Leeds, School of English, Institute of Bibliography, 1984

Local Notes:

The leaves are stitched into grey paper wrappers with Lion and Palisade (watermark) motif engraved in black on inside of wrappers.

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