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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 24
Title
Volume of MS poems and dramatic works, mainly by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; n.d. [1650-70]
Date
1650-1670
Extent
76 ff
Level
Item/file
Access Conditions
Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content Description
Individual items in this volume are described under references Pw V 24/1-59.
Bound volume of poems and dramatic works, most, if not all, by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle.
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 book composed of four physical sections: i) ff 1-36; ii) ff 37-43; iii) ff 44-51; iv) ff 53-76. ff 54-76 blank.
Bound volume with 76 ff, 2 front and 2 end flyleaves.
Descriptive Features
Modern binding; blue leather with 3 parallel gold tooled lines around the borders of front and back covers; coat of arms of the 6th Duke of Portland gold- stamped in centre of both covers; gold stamping on spine reads 'POEMS AND PLAYS. MS DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. I.'; leather borders on front and back pastedowns also gold tooled. Two front and two back flyleaves added in course of binding.
Two types of paper present, described as A and B: type A paper in sections i) and iii); type B paper in sections ii) and iv).
Watermark: Three Hats (Type A);
Countermark: Monogram VPI surmounted by trefoil (With Type A)
Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield and letters MC suspended under the shield (Type B);
Countermark: letters CI (with Type B).
ff 1-23, 306 x 208 mm, type A;
ff 24-36, 307 x 207 mm, type A;
ff 37-38, 310 x 202 mm, type B;
ff 39, 111 x 194 mm (fragment), type B;
ff 40-43, 310 x 199 mm, type B;
ff 44-49, 307 x 206 mm, type A;
ff 50-52, 308 x 207 mm, type A;
ff 51, 182 x 157 mm (fragment), type A;
ff 53, 310 x 201 mm, type B;
ff 54-76, 309 x 198 mm, type B.
Italic script throughout.
No rulings; variable margins.
Watermark
Hats, three
Horn (ornate shield)
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA689
Cavendish; William (1593-1676); 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. Viscount Mansfield 1620; Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne 1628; Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne 1643; Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1665
1593-1676
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