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Lot 24
18 century poetry.- [Swift (Jonathan)] To Mrs Biddy Floyd, 1708; [?Molesworth (Robert, first Viscount Molesworth)] Wanting Poetick Stream (thoh it sound silly) I date my muddy Rhymes from Pickadilly, [c. 1720]; and 31 other poems, all manuscripts, [18th century]. (33 pieces ).
Hammer Price: £4,200
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18 century poetry.- [Swift (Jonathan, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1667-1745)] To Mrs Biddy Floyd, 1p. with conjugate blank, dated in another hand 1708; [?Molesworth (Robert, first Viscount Molesworth) Wanting Poetick Stream (thoh it sound silly) I date my muddy Rhymes from Pickadilly, 3pp., n.d. [c. 1720]; Hand (James) A poem on the Rt. Honble Lord viscount Molesworth Swords & Baron Philipston, autograph manuscript, 1p., [c. 1720]; The New Star; Or Flamsted's Discovery, to the of yee Commons & Peers, "Coll: Richard Molesworth's Ballad on his Eldest Brother treat of his mistress at Greenwich [Polly]", 3pp., several large tears, no loss of text, [c. 1725]; A Song in praise of the Entertainment at Brackdenstown... to a fingall tune, 1p., 2nd November 1727; and 28 other poems, together c. 60pp. in 33 poems, all manuscripts, in English and Latin, some with tears, folds, browned, folio and smaller, [18th century]. (33 pieces ).
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18 century poetry.- [Swift (Jonathan, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1667-1745)] To Mrs Biddy Floyd, 1p. with conjugate blank, dated in another hand 1708; [?Molesworth (Robert, first Viscount Molesworth) Wanting Poetick Stream (thoh it sound silly) I date my muddy Rhymes from Pickadilly, 3pp., n.d. [c. 1720]; Hand (James) A poem on the Rt. Honble Lord viscount Molesworth Swords & Baron Philipston, autograph manuscript, 1p., [c. 1720]; The New Star; Or Flamsted's Discovery, to the of yee Commons & Peers, "Coll: Richard Molesworth's Ballad on his Eldest Brother treat of his mistress at Greenwich [Polly]", 3pp., several large tears, no loss of text, [c. 1725]; A Song in praise of the Entertainment at Brackdenstown... to a fingall tune, 1p., 2nd November 1727; and 28 other poems, together c. 60pp. in 33 poems, all manuscripts, in English and Latin, some with tears, folds, browned, folio and smaller, [18th century]. (33 pieces ).
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