Beinecke Osborn c360 (2/3)
| Title | Commonplace book |
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| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
| Call Number | Beinecke Osborn c360 (2/3) |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Gabriel Lepipre, 1753. The second in a series of three volumes. |
| Format | Quarto |
| Book Size | 21.3 x 16.5 cm |
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| First Line Index | Yes |
| Digitized | No |
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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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| Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn c360 (2/3).” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/422. Accessed . |
| Created | 2023-12-13 4:48:14 PM |
| Updated | 2024-02-10 4:30:23 PM |
| First Line | Context | Print Source |
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| Hail, happy bride! for thou art truly blest |
Local title: 'Written Extempore, by Lady Mary Wortly Montague' |
Unknown |
| Feature | Note |
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| Author attributions | Occasional. |
| Binding | Vellum-covered boards, decorative vine-pattern tooling around page edges. Spine is quite elaborate, reads: M.S. Selections by Col G. Lepipre/ 1753/ III. Marbled endpapers. |
| Catchwords | Used consistently when poems go beyond bottom of page |
| Hands | Single. |
| Organization | Titled on spine: ‘A.B. Selections by Col G. Lepipre/ 1753/ III.’ Poems recorded on the recto side of the page with versos left blank or used for annotations and other notes. Often uses loose thematic groupings for items. |
| Page layout | Unpaginated. Items are but numbered, with frequent skips ie. begins with 13 (glued to last page of ToC), skips from 26 to 34 with pages cut out between; sometimes partial page cut out, as items 42 & 43 at top of page |
| Table of Contents | Yes, at beginning of volume. |