Poetical miscellany

Folger bibliographic ID: 234919
Folger call number: M.a.165-166
Folger holdings ID: 288396
Accession Number: cs1181

M.a.165 contains mainly extracts from Pope, including the whole of "The Rape of the Lock," but also some other extracts. Bound in are two printed books, De-La-Cour's A prospect on poetry, 1734, and Pope's An essay on criticism, 1709, cataloged separately. M.a.166 contains, as its binder's title states, a number of pieces by John Pomfret, also many by other persons, mostly not identified, but including some by Pope. The date is wholly conjectural; the extracts are almost entirely from 18th century works, the latest being Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands, first published in 1775

General notes

M.a.165: 143 leaves (52 blank); M.a.166: 216 leaves (60 blank) Each volume contains the bookplate of F.W. Cosens Contemporary calf, lettered: M.a.165 "Extracts of Poetry. Pope &c.," M.a.166 "Extracts Poetry. Pomfret &c. M. S."

Extended title: Poetical miscellany ca. 1775
Alternate titles: Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1775

associated with: Pomfret, John, 1667-1702
associated with: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
former owner: Cosens, F. W. (Frederick William), 1819-1889