Beinecke Osborn d80
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
| Call Number | Beinecke Osborn d80 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Anne Butler, begun in 1806. 186 pages. Elegies, epitaphs, and poems on death, friendship, moderation, hope and female virtue. |
| Format | Octavo |
| Book Size | 20.5cm x 13cm |
| Filled Page Count | 172 |
| Item Count | 93 |
| Poem Count | 92 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | No |
| 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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| Bibliography | |
| Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn d80.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/92. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
| Updated | 2023-12-14 3:21:55 PM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| Anne Butler | |
| Marianne Macklin |
| First Line | Context | Print Source |
|---|---|---|
| Here lies poor Johnson: reader have a care, |
Page: 7 Local title: Epitaph on Dr. Johnson. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear |
Page: 48-49 Local title: n/a Attributed author: Mason Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd |
Page: 126-129 Local title: Fox's poem to Mrs. Crewe Attributed author: Charles James Fox Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Feature | Note |
|---|---|
| Author attributions | Mostly poems unattributed. |
| Binding | Pre-Bound. Large blank section at end suggests pre-binding in some form; 12-13 gatherings of +/- 16 leaves each; gilt edges of pages. Black calf; gold tooling around edges of front and back covers. |
| Hands | Single. Several other hands interspersed in blank pages, indicating other owners. |
| Indications of use | Some pressed flowers in blank section. Notes on flyleaf imply a book handed on over several decades |
| Item formatting | Heavily ruled lines between short items on the same page, occasionally between title and poem or between stanzas |
| Original poetry | Yes. |
| Ownership mark | Partially effaced inscription on verso of front flyleaf: "Ann Butler march 6th 1806. To Marianne Macklin, from her friend...1848." |