Beinecke Osborn c82
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
| Call Number | Beinecke Osborn c82 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Anne Taylor, around or after the 1790s. 23 poems. Verse extracts and original poems, many about death. One Jacobite poem, a couple poems about children, and some social satire. |
| Format | Quarto |
| Book Size | 19.5 x 15.9 cm |
| Filled Page Count | 30 pages |
| Item Count | 25 |
| Poem Count | 23 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | Yes |
| Digitized | No |
| Region | |
| Additional Genres | Religious prose |
| Print Sources | |
| 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. |
| Links | |
| Bibliography | |
| Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn c82.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/13. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
| Updated | 2023-12-14 9:58:34 AM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| Anne Taylor | |
| John Wolcot |
| First Line | Context | Print Source |
|---|---|---|
| A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say |
p. 27. Local title: With a present of a knife. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Dear Chloe, while the busy croud |
p. 2. Local title: The fireside. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| God bless the King! (I mean our faith's defender!) |
p. 5 Local title: The Manchester Blessing. 1745. Attributed author: By Dr. Bryam Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| His Time was quick, his Touch was neat |
p. 23 Local title: On a runaway musician. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: "His time was short, his touch was neat..." Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower |
p. 6 Local title: The rose. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Feature | Note |
|---|---|
| Author attributions | Frequent. |
| Binding | Stiff paper wrappers, with an engraving on the upper cover. Stitching very visible along spine. |
| Decorations - printed | On the front cover-page, there is a picture of older women entering a building with beautiful young women inside with a sign that says “Old Women Ground Young.” Below this is written “Printed & Sold by Dean Conghton.” |
| Hands | Single. |
| Indications of use | Cross-outs; not a presentation copy. Religious prose note on the back-cover. The name “Dean” is practised twice on the left-hand-side of the cover page (the first name of the printer of the cover photo). |
| Item formatting | Title in the same font size as text. Line of dashes separates items. |
| Original poetry | Yes, according to the catalogue; however, nothing in the presentation distinguishes these poems from the copied poems. |
| Ownership mark | On the first page: “Anne Taylor/ Lymme Hall.” |
| Page layout | Very little blank space; poems are back-to-back and the pages are dense. |