Thomas Barker: Verse Commonplace Book
Scope and Contents
52 folios. The book begins with poems, including 'Quaestio Henrici Hubbard 1733' (fo. 26) and 'Upon Bob Leak' (fos 27-28). On fos 32-48 is 'The Manners of ye Age in 13 Moral Satirs. Lond: 1733', presumably a copy of the printed work of this title. On fos 49-52, entered from the other end of the book, are extracts from Vanbrugh's plays headed 'The Cream of Poetry'.
Dates
- Creation: 1728
Creator
- Barker, Thomas, 1693-1774 (rector) (Person)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by Francis Jenkinson, 1923.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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