'Divers Poems' by sir Richard Fanshawe
MS. Firth c. 1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Divers Poems' by sir Richard Fanshawe
Shelfmark
MS. Firth c. 1
Summary
'Divers Poems' by sir Richard Fanshawe, published in 1648; but giving, in many passages, distinct readings from the printed volume. The manuscript omits the Latin poems entitled 'Maius Lucanizans' and the 'Summary discourse of the Civill Warres of Rome' contained in the printed volume, and has various additional pieces, viz. nineteen translations from Horace, published in 1652 (p. 31), and nine sonnets translated from the Spanish (p. 72). The last page is torn off.
Date
Written about A.D. 1650
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper. Binding, brown calf stamped with the crest a moor's head filleted about the temples and surmounted by a coronet
Physical extent
118 pages
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Collection contents
Letters, correspondence, and poems collected by Professor C. H. Firth
'Divers Poems' by sir Richard Fanshawe
