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Collection of loose sheets containing predominantly English poems, much of it political, compiled by John Gibson.
Gibson, John
c.1623-1711
Comprises 85 English poems, many of them political or satirical, and a few in Latin. Some of the poems by Richard Graham, Viscount Preston, are possibly autograph.
The new Bath guide : or, memoirs of the B-r-d family : in a series of poetical epistles
Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1766
Anonymous, by Christopher Anstey. Half title-page: The new Bath guide: part the first. Frontispiece by S Wale (del) and engraved by C Grignion. A reissue of the second edition with a new titlepa...
The new Bath guide : or, memoirs of the B-r-d family : in a series of poetical epistles
Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1766
Anonymous, by Christopher Anstey. Half title-page: The new Bath guide: part the first. Frontispiece by S Wale (del) and engraved by C Grignion. A reissue of the second edition with a new titlepa...
Satirical poem in the form of a letter from Thomas Hearne to Sir Hans Sloane.
Hearne, Thomas
c.1725-1775
Comprises a copy of 'An epistolary letter from T----- H----- to Sr H--- Sloan- who saved his life...', published according to Foxon's 'English verse, 1701-1750', E437, in 1729.
Five poems in a single hand
1680s
The poems are political and religious satires of the late seventeenth century
Miscellaneous verses and other fragments by John Rawlinson Ford and others
Ford, John Rawlinson (1851-1934)
c.1863
40 miscellaneous, mainly satirical, verses and other fragments by John Rawlinson Ford, R.A. Henderson, Walter Austin and others, written while working as clerks in 1863, in the office of Payne, Eddiso...
Three satirical political Scottish poems and names of Scotsmen associated with the Long Parliament of 1640.
c.1640
Comprises: (1) The three poems, written on both sides of a single folio sheet, two being variants of Crum Y394 and L172; (2) 'The names of the Scoth commissiond to attend the Parlament 1640' written o...
The seven wise men : a poem on affairs of state.
1704
Comprises a satirical poem on the Committee of Seven Lords, which was established in 1703 to investigate the so-called Scottish Conspiracy. It was published in 1704.
Five poetical satires on affairs of state.
c.1703-1710
Comprises five satirical poems on early eighteenth-century affairs of state, supporting the high-church cause; three of them are on the Sacheverell affair.
The new Bath guide : or, memoirs of the B-r-d family : in a series of poetical epistles
Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1766
Anonymous, by Christopher Anstey. Half title-page: The new Bath guide: part the first. Frontispiece by S Wale (del) and engraved by C Grignion. A reissue of the second edition with a new titlepa...
Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit, attributed to Alexander Pope.
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
c.1710
Comprises an English satirical/moralising poem written on both sides of one leaf, together with two other leaves written in a second hand listing the contents of the collection of which this particula...
Two English satirical poems relating to Sandwich in Kent, by Josiah Burchett and Bowman Samson.
Burchett, Josiah
c.1730
Comprises the following two poems: (1) To Mr B--man S--son [i.e. Bowman Samson] poet in Sandwich; (2) A reply to Mr Burchett's farewell to Sandwich.