Beinecke Osborn fc185
| Title | Gleanings in prose and verse, selected by Joseph Taylor, 1799. |
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| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
| Call Number | Beinecke Osborn fc185 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Joseph Taylor, 1799. About 360 pieces of verse and prose. Satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Also contains numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs. * As of yet, this manuscript has not been examined due to 2021-2022 pandemic access restrictions. This description is a temporary placeholder based on catalogue entries and Union First Line Index records. |
| Format | Folio |
| Book Size | 33cm |
| Filled Page Count | 360 pages |
| Item Count | 390 |
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| First Line Index | No |
| Digitized | No |
| Region | |
| Additional Genres | Prose - miscellaneous |
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| Major Themes |
Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
| Minor Themes |
Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
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| Bibliography | |
| Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn fc185.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/127. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
| Updated | 2023-07-20 1:55:49 PM |
| Contributor | Role |
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| Joseph Taylor |
| Feature | Note |
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| Author attributions | More than none, less than all (catalogue mentions some anonymous items but gives no indication how many are unattributed). |
| Binding | Half calf over paper-covered board. Back cover missing. In gilt on spine: “Gleanings.” |
| Hands | Single. |
| Indications of use | Images on Mirador show what look like loose papers pasted into a larger book. Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974. |
| Item formatting | Lines between items and after titles. |
| Organization | On title page: "Vol 1" (implies there were more volumes, or more anticipated). |
| Original poetry | Possibly. Some anonymous poems labeled “Forton Prison” and dated 1795. |
| Page layout | Paginated. |
| Table of Contents | Yes, sixteen page index at the beginning of the manuscript. |
| Title page | Yes—"Gleanings in prose and verse, selected by Joseph Taylor, 1799. Vol. 1." |