Butler, Joseph. Commonplace book, 1743 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Butler, Joseph. Commonplace book, 1743

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0038

Primary Creator: Butler, Joseph

Extent: 1.0 Volume

Date Acquired: 10/03/1938

Subjects: English poetry - Early Modern, 1500-1700

Languages: English

Joseph Butler copied numerous English poems into this 267-page commonplace book around 1743. The first 82 pages consist primarily of excerpts from Samuel Butler's Hudibras, identified with Joseph Butler's headings in red and green ink. Butler also copied poetic excerpts by authors such as John Denham, John Donne, Edmund Waller, and John Dryden; many concern religious topics. Two pages (63 verso-64 verso) consist of a journal entry written in pencil in a different hand; the text is dated at Bradford, April 29.

Peter Save, possibly the commonplace book's later owner, signed his name on the front cover and final page.

English poetry - Early Modern, 1500-1700

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Acquisition Source: Suckling

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Dana Miller (December 2023).

Other Note: Former shelfmark: 821.08 C737 17--

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