De Principiis Cogitandi. Liber Primus. Ad Favonium.
Archive Work ID: poems.lt05
Uniform Title: De Principiis Cogitandi. Liber Primus. Ad Favonium. [e-text]
First Line: Unde Animus scire incipiat: quibus inchoet orsa Language: Latin First Published: 1775
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 156-167 (with English prose translation); Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 321-332 (with English prose translation)
Summary: Begun at Florence not earlier than 7 July 1740 and abandoned at Stoke Poges by June 1742 . Shortly before leaving Florence , Gray sent ll. 1-53 in a letter , dated 21 April 1741 , to Richard West (Favonius ). First published in Mason 's Memoirs (1775 ), 160-167 .
2 Manuscripts:
Archive MS ID: mss.0030 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: "De Principiis Cogitandi"
Date: [between 1845 and 1856]
Physical Description: 2 pages, 180 mm x 115 mm; transcript of variant readings in the hand of John Mitford , partial [18 lines]Language: Latin Location: Add. MS 32561 , ff. 191r, 192r, Manuscripts Collection, British Library ,
London, UK <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/> References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), 81Contents: Transcript of variant readings (18 lines) in the hand of John Mitford , in John Mitford , Note-Books , vol. III "Mitford. Extracts from Mr Grays Common-place books", ff. 191r, 192r.
Archive MS ID: mss.0205 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: "De Principiis Cogitandi"
Date: [between 1845 and 1856]
Physical Description: 1 page, 180 mm x 110 mm; transcript of variant readings in the hand of John Mitford , partial [18 lines] and crossed outLanguage: Latin Location: Add. MS 32562 , f. 86r, Manuscripts Collection, British Library ,
London, UK <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/> References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), 81Contents: Transcript of variant readings (18 lines, crossed out) in the hand of John Mitford , in John Mitford , Note-Books , vol. IV, f. 86r.