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Arabella Goodall copy / commonplace book, 1822

 Item — Container: BV (bound volume), item: 93

Scope and Contents

Collection of poetry, prose excerpts, quotations of various authorship anecdotes, anagrams, etc. Apparently a copybook, although the scribe either uses more than one hand intermittently throughout or else more than one hand is present. The earliest pages mix a light, sharply slanted hand with more upright rounded scripts; the slanted hand predominated in the later pages. First page inscribed "Arabella Goodall/ July 10th:/ 1822." Paginated. Contains: Poetry, epigrams, extended texts. Four watercolors: a wreath, a basket of cherries, The Lesser Hummingbird”, and a bouquet. Magic square (p.41).

Dates

  • Creation: 1822

Language of Materials

English

Extent

1 volumes ; 23 x 19 cm

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Seymour Adelman

Physical Description

Blank book. Marbled paper over boards, leather spine, previous label missing. Fair condition.

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