[Commonplace book], 1760-1788
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CMV33005
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Osborn fc172
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[Commonplace book], 1760-1788
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Brief Summary:
A commonplace book with entries in a single copperplate hand. Sources are given for most items, including the Gentleman’s Magazine and other periodicals.
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Topics include modern theology and philosophy; natural history; antiquarian discoveries and definitions, local history and folklore; travels and voyages; medicine; and music. There are many lengthy musical entries, including a detailed description of the 1783 Grand Jubilee Handel concert and a discussion of early musical notation systems. Identified authors quoted include Bishop Tillotson; Voltaire; Rousseau; Linnaeus; Bougainville; William Stukeley; and William Godwin.
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300 pp.
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320 x 200 mm
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3
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Over fifty newspaper clippings and other ephemeral printed materials have been pasted or tipped in.
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There are a few later entries at the end of the MS is a different hand. An ownership mark has been inscribed on f.1v reading: ‘Tho. Dawson. 34 Oxford Street’.
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