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A favorite book: a drawing of O.H. & very few prints, pleasing variety of good extracts
- Date
- 1830 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 1 volume(s)
- Call Number
- Ms. Codex 1972
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Scope and Content
A marbled paper covered volume containing the commonplace book of Mrs. A. L. Bishop probably of Surrey, England dated 1830. The volume contains aphorisms, excerpts, maxims, meditations, quotations, and verse regarding, aging, death, gardens, happiness, life, morals, religion, and virtue. Authors of some excerpts include Honoré de Balzac, Lord Byron, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Richard Sibbes, and Issac Watts. Some excerpts contributed to the volume were signed by N. Bishop. The volume contains 121 numbered pages. Preceding page 1 are three pages of maxims signed at the bottom: July 16, 1830, Mrs. A. L. Bishop's book. A table of contents is at the end of the volume on pages A to F. The title of the volume is from a label affixed to the front cover. There is a drawing of Mrs. Ditton pasted on the verso of the first fly leaf. Prints are pasted on the inside front and back covers and on the flyleaves. Clippings of some of Richard Sibbes meditations have been pasted in the volume.
Acquisition Information
Sold by Justin Croft Antiquarian Books (Faversham, England), 2018.
Rights and citation
- Use
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Copyright restrictions may exist. For most library holdings, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania do not hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Preferred Citation
- Ms. Codex 1972, A. L. Bishop, A favorite book, 1830, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Finding aids author
- Donna Brandolisio
- Date
- November 2018
Subjects and headings
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
A favorite book a drawing of O.H. & very few prints, pleasing variety of good extracts, 1830
Contact
These materials are held by University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 3420 Walnut Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
- rbml@pobox.upenn.edu