Commonplace book, mostly in one hand, some poetry in another. Six pages are written in cypher. Reverse entries. A compendium of literary and political pieces from the first half of the eighteenth century. The pages in cypher have some headings in English, including: ‘On Epilogues Modern’ [Epilogue Spoken by Mrs. Oldfield in The Tragedy of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester by Ambrose Philips… 1723], Philip Bonus, the Good Duke of Burgundy, Hostratus the Friar – [Richard Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy], American/Columbus/Pennsylvania/Delaware/Baltimore. Other headings in the main text include: “Adversaria”, Lord Bolingbroke; “Augustini Opp. Ed. Lugd. 8o”; “La Henriade” by Voltaire; “Histoire des Papes… 1732” by François Bruys; “Histoire du Regne de Louis XIII. par Michel Le Vassor” etc.