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- 1859 (Creation)
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iii, 114 ff. (old foliation 1-77) ; 255 x 200 mm.
Bound in full morocco with gold tooling and blind-stamped decoration, 'Journal of a tour through Wales' on front cover; book-plate of Samuel Linder inside front cover.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Peter Howell Williams; Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd; Purchase (with NLW MSS 23062-4, 23066-7); 1992.
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Scope and content
Journal of a tour in North Wales and the Borders by Samuel Linder of London and his wife, Susannah, in August and September 1859, illustrated with engravings and lithographs, 1842-[1850s], and including pressed flowers and ferns collected on the tour.
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- English
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English.
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Finding aids
The description is also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts on the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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September 2017.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan.