[Commonplace book], 1825.

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[Commonplace book], 1825.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176976

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of over 150 poems by various authors, including personal acquaintances, on primarily sentimental subjects such as friendship, love, music, and especially death. Authors include Byron, Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, James Montgomery, Felicia Hemans, Charles Swain, Thomas Moore, and Letitia Landon (L.E.L). One anonymous poem was inspired by a visit in 1808 to the vale of Todmorden, where the author saw a young man dying of consumption being nursed by his fiancee. The manuscript is illustrated by 40 engraved portraits of contemporary nobility, actresses and other performers, and authors, including some men but primarily women. Subjects include King George IV; the Duchess of Clarence; and Empress Maria Louisa; the actresses and performers Madame Saqui; Miss Love; and Madame Cataloni; and the authors Washington Irving; George Byron; Maria Edgeworth; Mary Russell Mitford; Mary Brunton; and Catherine Hutton.

1 v. (237 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.

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