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Title
[Commonplace book], [ca. 1839-1854].
Physical Description
1 v. (195 p.) ; 21 x 14 cm.
Language
English
Notes
On title page: engraved title which reads "Manuscript Gleaning, and Literary Scrap Book. Original & Select. London," as well as engraving of a woman at her writing desk.
Written entries are preceded by a printed "Address" which declares, "the following yet unwritten Sheets, designed to become the choice Receptacle of 'Manuscript Gleanings,' are intended to furnish an acquisition of some interest and utility to the present age."
Printed page borders.
Written on flyleaf: "Laura."
Marbled endpapers.
Binding: half calf; marbled paper.
In English.
Provenance
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Summary
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of about 75 poems, primarily sentimental treatments of such subjects as friendship, love, deaths of loved ones, flowers, and farewells. The volume includes numerous poems by Byron and Thomas Moore, as well as Emily Bronte's Remembrance, an excerpt from Wordsworth's Lines Left Upon A Seat In A Yew-Tree, and a poem attributed to Lady Caroline Lamb on her neglected lyre.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2005
References
Commonplace Book, ca. 1839-1854. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Commonplace Book, ca. 1839-1854. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Commonplace books
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