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Title

Commonplace book

Shelfmark

MS. WHF Talbot 122

Summary

Commonplace book with inserted illustrations, inscribed in ink 'Donné par Monsieur Feilding à Amélina Le 1st Janvier 1821, Lundi, à Londres'. Poems and prose in various hands, predominately 1821-1832. Some entries are by or quote William Henry Fox Talbot: 'Lines to a little bird spreading her wings. On the marriage of his sister Lady Velletort. W.H.F.T. 1831. Laycock Abbey'.