Copy of the book printed 1669 (Wing P2034), including title pages, etc. Omits only the engraving of Orinda, and the table of contents. One additional poem added to blank leaves at beginning of manuscript. Minor variations of spelling. Includes her translations of Corneille's tragedies, Pompey and Horace, and of French poems
Notes
General notes
Katherine Philips also went by Orinda
Notebook ruled to be used as an account book; manuscript title on leaf 1 crossed out: "A Ledger for the Accoumpte of Maurice Wynn / Beegunn in Anno 1623 December."
Poems are in Folger index of first lines
Rosenbach - City Book Auction, 268, #164 (March 11, 1944)
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Also known as
Uniform title: Poems. Selections
Extended title: Copy of Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs Katherine Philips, the matchless Orinda, 1669 ca. 1670
Related names
author: Philips, Katherine, 1632-1664
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