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- [early 19 cent.]. (Creation)
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vi, 124 ff. (original foliation 1-71, 73-119 continued to end; ff. ii-vi, 74a, 97a, 120-123 blank; text mostly on rectos) ;320 x 200 mm.Half leather; 'Sir Chas H. Williams's Poems' (ink on spine).Many leaves cut out after f. 119.Many leaves cut out after f. 119
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Book plate, [1892x1916], of Baron Llangattock inside front cover.
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Messrs Bernard Quaritch; London; Purchase; December 1958
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Transcripts, [early 19th cent.] (watermark 1803), in an unknown hand, of odes, ballads, dialogues and satirical letters of English political interest, composed by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams in the period 1732-1745.
With the exception of 'To Kitty Walker' (f. 62), all the works appear, with mostly minor variations, in The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams..., 3 vols (London, 1822). The contents list (f. i recto-verso) includes titles of additional poems, after f. 119, which were subsequently cut from the volume.
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16546D.
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2006.
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- English
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Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;