1. Add MS 73542
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 73542
- Title:
- JOHN RUSSELL (d. 1687): Epigrammatum Libri VI; circa 1625. Latin. Autograph fair copy, with revisions and corrections. Russell, a Laudian who served as Rector of Chingford from 1634 until his death, with one break during the Interregnum, published an elegy in English on Gustavus Adolphus at Cambridge in 1632. The present work comprises seven hundred and three epigrams numbered in separate sequences within each Book. Two (Bks. I, 53, and III, 85: ff. 8v, 39) are addressed to the Fellows of Magdal...
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry LATIN: John Russell, Rector of Chingford: Epigrammatum Libri VI: circa 1625: Latin: Autograph fair copy, with revisions. includes: f. 2 Poetry LATIN: Matthew Stoneham, the elder; Vicar of St. Stephen's, Norwich: Commendatory verses on Epigrammatum Libri VI of J. Russell: circa 1625: Latin: Co...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1625
- Extent:
- 1 item