Poems On Various Subjects

Among the notes on one of my various defunct laptops was this reference to Peter d'Egville. He appears among the list of subscribers to Poems on Various Subjects by John Taylor Esq. This work was published in two volumes in London in 1827. I haven't been able to move beyond the first poem - but Byron did write to the author on at least one occasion. I can't imagine how I could listen to a reading without gnawing through my own limbs.

Being so late it is difficult to believe that it was Peter d'Agueville/d'Aigueville because at the very least he would be almost ninety years old. However, some people did manage to live to a ripe old age. Having found the reference I will have to go back to the tree in case he's among the fruit. All suggestions and identifications are welcome. There are many references and dedications among the poems to Peter d'Agueville's contemporaries.

It does tell us two things: he had sufficient disposable income to subscribe to the work and he lives at a reasonably good address. There are modern buildings in Percy Street but some of the architecture from Peter's time has survived.



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