Manuscript copy of "Mock Poem or Whiggs Supplication. Part II" by Samuel Colvil
Scope and Contents
This is a volume containing a manuscript copy of Samuel Colvil's "Mock poem: or, Whiggs supplication", part 2. In this work, Colvil satirises the Presbyterians.
Dates
- Creation: 1694?
Creator
- Colvil, Samuel, fl 1640-1680 (Scottish poet and satirist) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Colvil (or Colvill, or Colville), a Scottish satirist, published his Mock Poem in London in 1681. It was reissued in 1687 as The Whiggs supplication and in 1692 as The Scotch Hudibras; it was frequently reprinted in the 18th century.
Full Extent
1 volume
Custodial History
Inside cover contains bookplate of William Nisbet of Dirleton (d.1822). Front fly-leaf contains ink signature of "Jo: Scott" and the date "1694." Ink inscription, front fly-leaf: "Ex libris Mr. Roberti Bennett Advocati."
Previous Reference
Dk.5.8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: E530529, 84008
Accessioned on 29 May 1953.
Provenance: Brought from Brown, Bookseller Edinburgh. Pen inscription, back of last page of text: "29 May 1953."
Physical Description
Brown, leather bound. Embossed decoration on cover. Banded spine. Gilt. 7.7 x 5.5 in. 43 ff.
Source
- Nisbet, William Hamilton, 1747-1822 (British politician) (Former owner, Person)
- Bennett, Robert, fl ? 1694 (Advocate) (Former owner, Person)
Cultural context
Topical
- Title
- Manuscript copy of "Mock Poem or Whiggs Supplication. Part II" by Samuel Colvil, 1694?
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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