File NLW MS 23702A. - Commonplace book

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 23702A.

Title

Commonplace book

Date(s)

  • 1750-1758 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

i, 73 ff. (ff. 30 verso-33, 40-42 blank) ; 165 x 195 mm.

Tawed leather covers over boards, perhaps by Henry Young; front cover extended to form triangular wrap with tying thong; geometric design in ink and polychrome on front and back covers.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Signature of Henry Young passim; 'Tregaron' and 'Aberystwich' on f. i. Correspondence from seller denotes provenance to be Tristram Jellinek.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Ted Few; London; Purchase; November 1997; B1997/42.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

A manuscript volume, 1750-1758, compiled by Henry Young, perhaps of Tregaron, Cardiganshire, containing commonplace entries including notes on astronomy, astrology, physiology, weather lore (ff. 1 verso-3 verso) and Biblical and historical material, amongst which are extracts from R. B., The History of the nine worthies of the world (London: printed for Nath. Crouch..., 1687, STC C7337). Also included are model letters, extracts from poems by John Gay (ff. 6 verso, 30) and Alexander Pope (ff. 33 verso-35), valentines and other verse, medical and cookery recipes and recipes for ink and gilding, together with many related drawings and decorations in ink and polychrome.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Folios excised between ff. 23 and 24, 59 and 60, 62 and 63; damaged in places, and repaired with some loss of text at NLW.

Finding aids

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Existence and location of copies

Text

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Notes area

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23702A.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004018838

CAIRS System Control Number

(WLABNL)P1Saan0000015815

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000018838

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

May 2009.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Accession area

Related places

Physical storage

  • Text: NLW MS 23702A; $q - Folios excised between ff. 23 and 24, 59 and 60, 62 and 63; damaged in places, and repaired with some loss of text at NLW.
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