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

Document Reference	Pw V 39
Title	Bound volume of MS poems by various authors including anon., Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, Roger L'Estrange, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d.
Extent	?? 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 39/1-45.
Content Description	Volume entitled 'Poems M.S.' on spine. Contains thirty-nine poems in English and French; includes works by Dorset, L'Esrange and Rochester; however the majority are unascribed; volume also contains a chequerroll of royal household, a humble address and a petition in prose. Pw V 39/45 is a list of volume contents, in alphabetical order.
Language	English
Language	French
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	Quarto volume. Modern pagination from 1 to 140. MS starts with 3 blank leaves and finishes with one blank leaf, otherwise it is fully copied.
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield, under the shield, insignia 4WR and two different sets of letters, WG and HC, approx. 140 x 63 mm; one paper throughout One hand throughout. Cardboard and brown marble paper with brown leather corners and spine; on spine gold stamped 'Poems M.S.'; binder gave two front and two back flyleaves to book.
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
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