Beinecke Osborn c154 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c154
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1737–1755. 17 items. Political satire; one serious epitaph on Bolingbroke; anti-Hanover and anti-Walpole.
Format	Octavo
Book Size	18cm x 12cm
Filled Page Count	59 pages
Item Count	17
Poem Count	16
Periods	1701-1730 1731-1760
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres	Prose epitaphs
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Public affairs Satire - political Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu collections.library.yale.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c154.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/39. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-19 4:22:57 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous Anti-Hanoverian, Anti-Walpolean]	Primary compiler
John Hervey	Major author
Samuel Wesley	Major author

First Line	Context
Careful Observers may foretel the Hour	p. 2 Local title: A description of a shower in London. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

First Line

Context

p. 2

Local title: A description of a shower in London.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook (writing to the very edge of the pages, and a number of blank pages). Paneled speckled calf; gilt decoration.
Hands	Single.
Item formatting	One item follows the next with no separation of space or line, just a new title.
Page layout	Pagination (retrospective).