Miscellany Poems
Anthology.
1684, 1716.
John Dryden.
- Regions: London, Middlesex
- Middlesex
Houghton MS Eng 768
Title | A Collection of various kinds of Poetry |
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Period | 1731-1760 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Melesinda Munbee (seemingly transcribed by Elizabeth Munbee), 1749–1750.
A manuscript verse miscellany assembled in childhood, based on a father's library.
Two volumes, 44 poems.
Many items by Swift; other bawdy contents.
Leeds Brotherton Lt 61
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1701-1730 |
Archive | Brotherton Library |
James Gollop, ca. 1715.
Possible example of a socially humble compiler, an aspirational book.
26 items.
Generally very common love poems and descriptive poems, common choices for a non-political miscellany of the early decades of the century.