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NLW MS 22129B.
Title
John Price commonplace book,
Date(s)
- [c. 1817]-[1883x1887] / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 157 ff. (old pagination 1-275 with errors) ; 200 x 160 mm. Vellum over boards, 'E. Vl. R.' and crown in gold on front and back covers.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from Dylans Bookstore,; Swansea,; 1985
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Commonplace book, [c. 1817]-[1883x1887], of John Price (Old Price), containing entries relating mainly to the natural sciences (with a few drawings and specimens) and the niceties of classical philology, some entries indicating that Price was also interested in the Welsh language. There are references to members of the Darwin family of Shrewsbury on ff. 20, 31v, 46, 47v, 50v. An index is on ff. 144-156v.
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22129B.
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Virtua system control number
vtls004268217
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000268217
Access points
Subject access points
- Biology Notes on (1820s-1880s), NLW MS 22129B
- Botany Notes on (1820s-80s), NLW MS 22129B Specimens and prints of leaves (19 cent.), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 77v, 108v, 110, 123v-6
- Christian converts Extracts from letters of (c. 1837), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 81v-3 -- Correspondence
- Coal mines and mining County, note on mine in (1829), NLW MS 22129B, f. 61v -- Scotland -- Clackmannan
- Hunting Refs to (1820s, 1880), NLW MS 22129B
- Geology Notes on (1820s-80s), NLW MS 22129B
- Greek language Classical, notes on usage (1820s), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 5v-72v Pronunciation of modern, note on (c. 1829), NLW MS 22129B, f. 58v
- Latin language Prose translation in (c. 1817), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 2-3v, 45v Usage, notes on (1820s), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 5-72v
- Missions Letters rel. to, extracts from (c. 1837), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 81v-3 -- New Zealand
- Natural history Notes and drawings (1820-80s), NLW MS 22129B
- Ornithology Notes on (1820-1880s), NLW MS 22129B
- Phrenology Note on (1820s), NLW MS 22129B, f. 26
- Poetry Misc. and anon., NLW MS 22129B
- Rainbow Unusual appearance, 1825-6, note on, NLW MS 22129B, ff. 38, 52v
- Romani language (1849), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 130v-1 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Shipwrecks 'Cabalfa', ref. to wreck of (1828), NLW MS 22129B, f. 49 Shipwrecked cargo of Conwy pearls, ref. to (1828), NLW MS 22129B, f. 49
- Tours Scotland, itinerary of (?1829), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 68v-9, 76v-7
- Transportation 'Indian Car', broadsheet advertising (19 cent.), NLW MS 22129B, f. 84
- Welsh language Words and idioms noted (1820s-1856), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 8, 12v, 20, 29, 36v, 37v, 47
- Abergele (Wales) Refs to (c. 1837), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 83v, 85
- Conwy (Wales) Pearls from, ref. to cargo of (1828), NLW MS 22129B, f. 49
- Coventry (England) 'Lammas land' at, note on (c. 1825), NLW MS 22129B, f. 29v
- Marseille (France) Note on (1825), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 41v-2v
- Scotland Itinerary of tour in (?1829), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 68v-9, 76v-7 -- Tours
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Name access points
- Cabalva (Ship) Shipwreck of, ref. to (1828), NLW MS 22129B, f. 49 (Subject)
- Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841 Greek epigrams on (c. 1830), NLW MS 22129B, f. 70 (Subject)
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 Possible ref. to (1827), NLW MS 22129B, f. 20 (Subject)
- Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802 Possible ref. to (1827), NLW MS 22129B, f. 20 Refs to (1824 - c. 1827), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 31v, 46 (Subject)
- Darwin, Robert Waring, 1724-1816 Refs to (1827), NLW MS 22129B, ff. 47v, 50v (Subject)
- Price, James, Rev. Note on portrait of (c. 1837), NLW MS 22129B, f. 73 (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas, 1739-1810 Verse repartee by, NLW MS 22129B, f. 86v (Subject)
- Selwyn, William, 1806-1875 Greek epigrams by (c. 1830), NLW MS 22129B, f. 70 (Subject)
Genre access points
- Broadsides 'Indian Car' advert (19 cent.), NLW MS 22129B, f. 84NLW MS 22129B, f. 84
- Cerdd dant Pennill recorded (1830s), NLW MS 22129B, f. 86v
- Proverbs, Welsh Welsh proverbial verse, NLW MS 22129B, f. 86v
- Artists preparatory studies Natural history, NLW MS 22129B, ff. 10, 11v, 13v-14, 104v-5, 106
- Poetry Misc. and anon., NLW MS 22129B
- Commonplace-books NLW MS 22129B
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
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Language(s)
- English