Manuscripts
Commonplace book--poetry : manuscript, 1595-1675
1 of 569
- Description
- Part 1 is a verse miscellany of 206 pages which includes 52 poems by John Donne, 11 poems by Thomas Carew, 10 poems by Richard Corbett, and 11 poems by or attributed to Robert Herrick; the poems dating up to ca. 1637. Part 2 is a verse miscellany which includes 59 poems by Donne; dates to ca. 1620-1633.
- Date
- [1595-1675]
- Call number
- mssHM 198
- Provenance
- Part 1 includes scribblings and autographs by "Edw Denny" [presumably Edward Denny, 1569-1637], "Charles Cocks", "Edward Randolphe" and (on p. 162) "Thomas Cassy". Part 2 includes the name "Meriall Tracy". Parts 1 and 2 later owned by Joseph Haslewood, Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough, and Henry Huth. Sold at Sotheby's, 17 July 1917 (Huth sale), lot 5873.
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time. Please view digital surrogates.
