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Title
Miscellany poems: containing various kinds of poetry collected from the most eminent poets with some originals never publish'd. /By Eliz. Munbee, vol. ye 3d.
Creator
Munbee, Elizabeth.
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
Barber, Mary, ca. 1685-1755.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Wesley, Samuel, 1691-1739.
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. Colin's complaint.
Date Created and/or Issued
1745
Contributing Institution
UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection
Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Scope/Content: Manuscript.
Scope/Content: Manuscript commonplace book compiled in 1745 by Elizabeth Munbee and containing miscellaneous poetry written by a number of authors. The entire text is written in a fair, neat hand. Samuel Wesley, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and Nicholas Rowe are among the poets included. The volume's title page enumerates this as the 3rd volume of Munbee's miscellany, but this is the only volume extant and in the Clark Library's collections.
Condition: Rebacked in marbled boards with vellum spine. Original binding was contemporary calf and is housed in the Clark Library's archive.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Commonplace books
Poems
Poetical miscellanies
Extent
178 p., bound ;18 cm.
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1rp6q
MS.1982.002
Language
English
eng
Subject
English poetry--18th century.
Place
England
Location
CLUW

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