Basse, William. The pastorals and other workes of William Basse never before imprinted

Folger bibliographic ID: 231443
Folger call number: V.b.235, fol. 1-76
Folger holdings ID: 288267
Accession Number: 421118

Contents include Clio, or, The first muse in 9 eclogues in honour of nine virtues, dedicated to Richard, Viscount Wenman, of Thame Park, Oxfordshire, "as it was in his dayes intended" (and thought to be in Basse's hand). Also, Urania, the woman in the moone, dedicated to Wenman's daughter, Lady Penelope Dynham (which supersedes an earlier dedication to Henry, Prince of Wales), and The metamorphosis of the wallnut-tree of Borestall, in an epilogue and 3 cantos, betweene Jasper & Jefferye, both written in a copperplate hand

General notes

Title from title page Manuscript title page, in imitation of a printed title page, continues "dat frondem fronti. singula Musa meae, 1653; Imprinted at Oxford &ct : Are to be sold &ct," although the manuscript remained unpublished until 1870 Pen and ink wash illustration of Colliden, Laurinella and Wilkin and sheep on leaf 8v Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines Bound with: The state of innocence by John Dryden [manuscript], ca. 1677 (leaves 77-98 in modern foliation) Purchased from Rosenbach, 1942 Bookplates of W.K. Bixby, Frederick Cosens (armorial bookplate with motto 'Sub Robore Virtus' circling lion, over Maltese cross), and Frederick Locker on inside front cover Formerly Folger MS 421118.2 Printed for the first time as The pastorals, and other workes of William Basse : never before imprinted / edited by J.P.C. [i.e. John Payne Collier], London : T. Richards, [1870] 19th century binding Also available on microfilm Acquired from A.S.W. Rosenbach in 1942

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002. "The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library (p. 128) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print

Extended title: The pastorals and other workes of William Basse never before imprinted 1653

author: Basse, William, -approximately 1653
former owner: Wenman, Richard Wenman, Viscount, 1572 or 1573-1640
former owner: Dynham, Penelope, Lady, active 17th century
former owner: Cosens, F. W. (Frederick William), 1819-1889
former owner: Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895
former owner: Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931