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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 100
Title	Volume containing survey of Portsmouth docks by the Surveyor of his Majesty's Navy; 1698
Date	1698
Extent	49 ff
Level	Item/file
Language	English
ReprodnNote	Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description	Folio volume 41 foliated folios including 4 large, folded drawings bound after the text do not include 4 front and 4 back unfoliated blank folios.
Condition	Leather at head and tail of spine has started splitting.
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Seven Provinces lion within crowned, double rimmed circle, approx. 90 x 75 mm. Countermark: Letters HD, 14 x 34 mm Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam, lions standing on ornate double bars, with monogram JB below the double bars, 108 x 108 mm, (pasted drawings, ff 38, 40 and 41) Countermark: Letters PDB, 12 x 48 mm Watermark: Strasbourg lily, i.e. fleur de lis within shield and insignia 4WR suspended from the shield, 135 x 68 mm (pasted drawings) Countermark: Letters CDG, 12 x 34 mm Professional fair copy in cursive script Brown calf on pasteboards, gold stamped with a double panel in the centre of upper and lower covers; concentric panels are enmarked by double fillets lines; inner panel has a delicate floral roll of flowers, leaves and buds around its inner border; outer panel has an ornamental floral stamped on its 4 outer corners; there is a double fillet lines on outer borders of both covers; edges of binding are gold stamped with a fine scroll roll; spine is divided into 7 panels, which are enmarked by gold stamped double fillet lines; at head of spine a black leather label is gold stamped with letters 'a.s.', a similar black leather label at tail of spine is gold stamped with letter 'D' and numbers '1495'.
Watermark	Lion
	Arms of Amsterdam
	Strasbourg lily
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