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De Principiis Cogitandi. Liber Secundus.

    • Archive Work ID: poems.lt06
    • Uniform Title: De Principiis Cogitandi. Liber Secundus. [e-text]
    • First Line: Hactenus haud segnis Naturae arcana retexi
    • Language: Latin
    • First Published: 1775
    • References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 168-170 (with English prose translation); Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 328, 332 (with English prose translation)
    • Summary: Begun at Stoke Poges in June 1742 and sent in a letter, dated [8 February 1747], to Horace Walpole. First published, as "Liber Quartus", in Mason's Memoirs (1775), 168-169.

    3 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: mss.0032 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: [untitled]
      • Date: [1747?]
      • Physical Description: 1 page; autograph written in red crayon and pencil, revised, partial [34 lines], quarto
      • Language: Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 24, 81; Munby (ed.), Sale Catalogues (1971), Sotheby's sale (28 August 1851), lot 53, 41, Sotheby's sale (4 August 1854), lot 230, 70; W[right]., Catalogue (1851), [lot 53,] 9; Catalogue of a Sotheby Parke-Bernet sale (6 April 1982), lot 53; Bonhams sale (10 April 2013), lot 185 (with facsimile)
      • Contents: An autograph of 28 lines and 6 deleted lines, revised, of Book II of De Principiis Cogitandi written in red crayon and pencil (two lines), together with a note on human desires.

      • [MS image]Archive MS ID: mss.0033 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: "Liber Secundus. De Principiis Cogitandi"
      • Date: 1742
      • Physical Description: 1 page; autograph fair copy, revised, partial
      • Language: Latin
      • Location: GBR/1058/GRA/1, Commonplace Book, Vol. I, 286, College Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridge, UK <http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/>
      • Alternate Form: Microfilm copy available in Poetic Commonplace Books and Manuscripts of Thomas Gray, 1716-1771, from Pembroke College, Cambridge (1999), reel one
      • References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 25, 81; Poetic C. B., Pembroke College (1999), 25
      • Contents: Autograph fair copy, revised, here entitled "Liber Secundus. De Principiis Cogitandi", unfinished, annotated "Begun at Stoke, June, 1742", in Gray's Commonplace Book, vol I, 286.
      • Surrogates: Digital facsimile [JPEG] from original MS available online.

      • Archive MS ID: mss.0034 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: [untitled]
      • Date: 1747
      • Physical Description: [1?] page; autograph fair copy
      • Language: Latin
      • Location: GBR/1058/GRA/3/4/42, College Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridge, UK <http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/>
      • Alternate Form: Microfilm copy available in Poetic Commonplace Books and Manuscripts of Thomas Gray, 1716-1771, from Pembroke College, Cambridge (1999), reel two
      • References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 26, 81; Poetic C. B., Pembroke College (1999), 33; Toynbee/Whibley (eds.), Correspondence (1971), letter no. 131, vol. i, 264-268 (subscription required); Sutton (ed.), Location Register (1995), 415
      • Contents: Autograph fair copy, here untitled and referred to as "the Beginning of the fourth Book" of "a large Design", in a letter to Horace Walpole, [8 February 1747].

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