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

Document Reference	Pw V 43
Title	Bound volume of MS poems and songs by various authors; n.d. [1681-1703]
Date	1681-1703
Extent	240 ff
Level	Item/file
Access Conditions	Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content Description	Individual poems in this volume are described under references Pw V 43/1-110.
Content Description	Same scribe as Pw V 42. Date range of 1681-1703 given as these encompass the various dates written throughout the MS.
Title Of Work	A Collection of Poems and Lampoons etc. Not yet Printed
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 Original pagination from 1 to 463 does not include title page, index of contents and 1 ruled, but otherwise blank folio at the end of the volume.
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam with free standing lions, approx. 95 x 102 mm (Type A, title page, pp 13-270, pp 463 to end). Countermark: Letters RW, approx. 14 x 38 mm (With Type A) Watermark: Seven Provinces lion in narrow shield within crowned, double rimmed circle, approx. 95 x 80 mm (Type B, front and back flyleaves and pastedowns) Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam lions standing on ornate double bars, approx. 105 x 108 mm (Type C, pp 1-12, pp 303-462); Countermark: Monogram MHG, approx. 28 x 22 mm (With Type C) Pages 271-302 mixed sheets of the above papers Italic script; professional presentation of good fair copies; script is not identical throughout. Written on uniformly ruled paper; reddish-brown ink marginal rulings throughout. Upper and lower cover blind tooled with three concentric panels, fillets, and inner panel enmarked with a roll of stems and flowers; middle panel is of plain beige calf leather while outer and inner panels are of mottled brown calf leather; spine is divided into six sections, five of which have a floral gold-stamped design; second section of spine reads 'POEMS &C IN MANVSCR'; binder added two front and two back flyleaves.
Watermark	Arms of Amsterdam
Watermark	Lion
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