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Date
ca. 1800-1815
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
137 leaves
Language
English
Size
20.5 x 16 cm
Genre
Literary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 222389
Folger call number: M.a.180
Folger holdings ID: 252457
Accession Number: cs1854
Folger call number: M.a.180
Folger holdings ID: 252457
Accession Number: cs1854
Summary
Prose and poetry, almost all of it of the eighteenth century and mainly the late eighteenth. At the head of p. 1 is written, in the hand in which many of the extracts are written, "Miss Elizabeth Gilchrist's Collection." The extracts are in several hands, none identified except the first. Near the end of the volume is an extract from Byron's Childe Harold (1812) and one from Scott's Waverley (1814). Foliation includes 31 blank leaves
Notes
General notes
Original sprinkled calf, gilt
Also known as
Extended title: Poetical miscellany of Elizabeth Gilchrist ca. 1800-1815
Alternate titles: Commonplace book, ca. 1800-1815
Alternate titles: Commonplace book, ca. 1800-1815
Related names
compiler: Gilchrist, Elizabeth, active 1800-1815