Two holograph manuscript notebooks containing original poetry, written within ornate circular frames, all executed in brown pen and ink in the accomplished calligraphic hand of the author.
Bristol: May 28, 1816 and June 9, 1819. Two examples of the extraordinary work of Joseph Ely, an amateur poet of Bristol and skillful calligrapher. Little is recorded about Ely, except that between 1816 and 1823 he composed poetical manuscripts in a fine calligraphic hand, and dated them as above... More
