| Document Reference | Pw V 31 |
| Title | Volume containing autograph MS poems, songs and part of a play, by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester and Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester; n.d. [1660-1680] |
| Date | 1660-1680 |
| Extent | 19 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Access Conditions | Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance. |
| Content Description | Individual poems in this volume are described under references Pw V 31/1-19. |
| Title is gold-stamped on the spine of the volume |
| Title Of Work | Earl of Rochester. Autograph Poems |
| Language | English |
| ReprodnNote | Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only. |
| Physical Description | Aggregate volume containing 19 individual items; the book consists mainly of modern leaves on which originals have been encased.
2 front and 3 back fly-leaves. |
| Condition | Good |
| Descriptive Features | Dark blue full leather volume which is gold-stamped with the coat of arms of the Sixth Duke of Portland, and on spine with 'Earl of Rochester. Autograph Poems'.
No watermarks were found on the modern leaves (nor on the fly leaves, made of the same paper as the internal leaves) of this volume; each item has a different watermark, see separate entries for individual descriptions. |
| Related Material | University of Nottingham Library: |
| University of Nottingham Library: |
| Publication Note | V. de S. Pinto, Rochester: Portrait of a Restoration Poet (London, 1935) |
| F. Needham, Welbeck miscellany, no 2 (1934) |
| V. de S. Pinto (Ed.), Poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (London, 1953) |
| K. Walker, The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Oxford, 1984) |
| Greer, G., et al, Kissing the Rod: An Anthology of 17th Century Women's Verse (London, 1988) |
| J. Wilmot, A New Collection of the Choicest Songs (London, 1676) |
| J. Wilmot, Poems on Several Occasions ('Antwerp', alias London, 1680) |
| V. de S. Pinto, Rochester: Portrait of a Restoration Poet (London, 1935) |
| V. de S. Pinto (Ed.), Poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (London, 1953) |
| K. Walker, The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Oxford, 1984) |
| P. Beal, Index, II, pp 225-26 |
| D. Vieth, 'A Textual Paradox: Rochester's 'To a Lady in a letter' ' Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (1960) vol 54 and (1961) vol 55. |