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Title
Date(s)
- 1750-1758 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 73 ff. (ff. 30 verso-33, 40-42 blank) ; 165 x 195 mm.
Tawed leather covers over boards, perhaps by Henry Young; front cover extended to form triangular wrap with tying thong; geometric design in ink and polychrome on front and back covers.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Signature of Henry Young passim; 'Tregaron' and 'Aberystwich' on f. i. Correspondence from seller denotes provenance to be Tristram Jellinek.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Ted Few; London; Purchase; November 1997; B1997/42.
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Scope and content
A manuscript volume, 1750-1758, compiled by Henry Young, perhaps of Tregaron, Cardiganshire, containing commonplace entries including notes on astronomy, astrology, physiology, weather lore (ff. 1 verso-3 verso) and Biblical and historical material, amongst which are extracts from R. B., The History of the nine worthies of the world (London: printed for Nath. Crouch..., 1687, STC C7337). Also included are model letters, extracts from poems by John Gay (ff. 6 verso, 30) and Alexander Pope (ff. 33 verso-35), valentines and other verse, medical and cookery recipes and recipes for ink and gilding, together with many related drawings and decorations in ink and polychrome.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Folios excised between ff. 23 and 24, 59 and 60, 62 and 63; damaged in places, and repaired with some loss of text at NLW.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23702A.
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Name access points
- Young, Henry, b. 1738 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. (Subject)
- R. B., 1632?-1725? (Subject)
- Gay, John, 1685-1732. (Subject)
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. (Subject)
- Jellinek, Tristram, 1933-1995, former owner. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;