Mock poem, or Whiggs supplication : manuscript, [ca. 1723]

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Author / Creator:Colvil, Samuel. author
Description:1 volume : ; 20 x 16 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Archives/Manuscripts
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4762262
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Varying Form of Title:Whiggs supplication
Other authors / contributors:University of Chicago. Library. Codex Ms. 585.
University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center.
Provenance:Acquired 1930.
Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Kinnoull of Kinfauns, in county Perth (Scotland) pasted over a larger version of what looks like the same crest; top bookplate with manuscript shelfmark: Compartment A / Shelf 2 / No. 1.
Former owner's inscription: Jn[?] 2. Vol. / Oct. 18 2723. / Vol. 1 Collat. & Perfect. / Jo [?] Wright.
Former owner's shelf mark: N.3.21.
Binding: Full morocco over boards; gilt fleuron borders on front and back boards; gilt decorated board edges; red morocco lettering piece; gilt and gauffered edges.
Notes:Text in English.
Summary:A satire on the rebellion of the Scottish Presbyterians in 1665. The work was modeled after Samuel Butler's Hudibras.
Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note:Description available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

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Call Number: Ms585
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