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- 1842 (Creation)
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ii, 127 ff. (ff. 89-127 blank) ; 380 x 240 mm.
Bound in dark mauve leather, blind tooled borders.
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Appears as Mostyn MS 99 in HMC Cat., on f. i verso and on label on spine. Lot 1507 in the Mostyn sale at Christie’s, 24 Oct. 1974.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Gloddaeth Library, alphabetically arranged with numerous bibliographical notes, written in 1842 (watermark H. MILLS 1841) by Edward Parry of Chester (ff. 1-65). The catalogue is written on the rectos. Bibliographical notes have been added on the versos.
The manuscript also includes a Catalogue of the Gloddaeth Manuscripts at Mostyn 1842 (ff. 67-88), arranged as: Nos 1-36, English Manuscripts (ff. 68-75); Nos 37-56, Welsh Manuscripts (ff. 76-81); and Nos 57-87, Latin and French Manuscripts (ff. 82-88).
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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- English
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English.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Mostyn MS 99.
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See HMC Cat., p. 351, and letter from Edward Parry, Chester, March 21, 1842 to Rev. Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) in NLW MS 1807, no. 1052: 'I have been lately cataloguing and arranging the old Books and Manuscripts of the 'Gloddaeth Library' now at Mostyn ... Mr. Mostyn is going to build a new Library, large enough to contain the united libraries of Cors y Gedol, Plas-hên, Gloddaeth, Bodsgallen, Bododris, Pengwern and the Mostyn Library'.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21243E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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