Commonplace book, chiefly of English poems : Commonplace book c.1720-1748.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 volume (5 unnumbered pages, 211 pages, 3 unnumbered pages).

Summary:

Commonplace book, almost entirely of English verse and prose. Most poems are anonymous. Some prose tales, scenes from plays, and a few Latin lines. On p.211: "I ended this book Novr 13th 1723"; prose follows, apparently from "John Engelbracht of Brunswick", 'Vision of Heaven and Hell', and a prayer. There are some medical and other marginalia, some dated 1733, 1740-48

Notes:

AMDigital Reference:Lt 15

Contemporary woodcut portrait of Christopher Helvicus is pasted on the back pastedown. The poems on pp.[66-73] are written sideways. Many headings and rulings in red. Poems on pp.168-[171] are written almost entirely in red, much faded. In English and Latin

Local Notes:

Bound in rough calf, frontispiece cover detached.