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Title
[Commonplace book].
Alternative Title
Collection of ms. poems.
Creator
Strafford, Ann, Countess of,d. 1754.
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Date Created and/or Issued
[1715-1730]
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: Commonplace book apparently owned and probably compiled by Ann, Countess of Strafford around 1715-1730. There are several poems in the volume that are acrostics of the Countess's name, or that otherwise refer to her, though the majority of the volume is composed of satirical and politcal poetry and songs. Several works by Pope, Swift, Addison and Dryden are also included. The text is written in several different, neat hands.
Condition: Bound in full contemporary brown calf; blind tooled; spine cracked with loose pages and detached covers; housed in modern case.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Commonplace books
Poems
Satires
Songs
Bookplates (Provenance)
Extent
93, [82] p., bound ;32 cm.
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1sc92
f MS.1950.025
Language
English
eng
Subject
English poetry--18th century.
Satirical songs--England--18th century.
Verse satire, English--18th century.
Place
England
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of "The Rt. Hon'ble Ann, Countess of Strafford" on front paste-down endpaper.
Location
CLUW

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