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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 136
Title
Volume containing the 'Reflections on the Practicability of an Invasion of British India by a Russian Army' by Captain G.N.C Campbell; 1831
Date
1831
Extent
47 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Captain G.N.C. Campbell's (of the Bengal Horse Artillery) reflections on the practicability of an invasion of British India by a Russian Army presented to Lord William Cavendish Bentinck.
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
Original pagination 1-84 does not include 4 front folios with dedication and title pages, nor a large folded sheet with a map on the back of this volume.
Condition
Condition of binding is poor; condition of the paper is good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Britannia within crowned and triple rimmed oval form, approx. 122 x 72 mm (Type A, in volume)
Countermark: Name and date 'G. Dickinson, 1829', 36 x 145 mm (With Type A)
Watermark: Name RUSE [and] TORNERS and date 1825, 44 x 212 mm (Paper of the map, wove 'vellum' paper)
Presentation copy, professional italic hand
Pasteboards covered with marble paper with calf leather spine and corners; there is an ornamental tool used as a roll to decorate borders where the leather joins the marble paper, this tool blind stamped; there are no labels nor titles on the binding.
Watermark
Britannia
Name RUSE [and] TORNERS
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1105
Bentinck; William H. Cavendish- (1774-1839); Lord; 2nd son of 3rd Duke of Portland; Governor-General of India 1827-35
1774-1839
NA74187
Campbell; G.N.C. (fl 1831); Captain
fl 1831
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