Beinecke Osborn c688

Title Untitled
Archive Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number Beinecke Osborn c688
Complete Yes
Description

Anonymous, 1783–1792. 

Lyrical, narrative and occasional verse.

Format Quarto, with binding in vertical orientation
Book Size 15.4cm x 20.5cm
Filled Page Count 47
Item Count 44
Poem Count 41
Periods
First Line Index No
Digitized No
Region
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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
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Citation

Beinecke Osborn c688.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/85. Accessed .

Created 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated 2024-05-25 5:02:13 PM
First Line Context Print Source
Here lies poor Johnson: reader have a care,

Page: 28

Local title: On Dr Johnson

Attributed author: Soame Jenyns

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Unknown
Feature Note
Author attributions

Rare.

Binding

Pre-bound paperbook. Blank pages.

Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled paper boards.

Hands

Single. 

Indications of use

Some later pencil or ink notes to explain contexts and provide dates.

Organization

Latin note on inside pastedown: Quodcunque videris, scribe et describe, Memoria ne fide! January 1st. 1792.

 

Page layout

Very neat.

Many pages divided into ruled segments depending on length of items and of lines.

Most pages oriented with binding on left, but some, especially lengthy ones, are oriented to have the lines run along the binding.

Most items have a double ruled line at end; ruled lines also divide items on the page, so most items are contained within their own textbox.