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1. Add MS 60276-60282

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. IV-X. James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton: literary notebooks; circa 1646-1666. Largely autograph, with some scribal fair copies. Seven volumes.
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Drama: Poetry ENGLISH: James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton: Literary notebooks of 3rd Earl of Northampton: circa 1646-1666: Mostly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646-1666
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 60279

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VII. Notebook comprising a scribal fair copy with authorial corrections of [Leontius, King of Cyprus]; n.d. Slightly imperfect. ff. 32. 295 x 190mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646-1666
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 60280

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VIII. Notebook comprising autograph draft of a five-act tragedy on the subject of Mariamne, first wife of Herod the Great; n.d. Imperfect. ff. 34. 295 x 185mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646-1666
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 60282

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. X. Two autograph tracts; circa 1649-1650. ff. 39. 290 x 190mm. 1. ff. 1-19. The Martir'd Monarch, a history of the life and reign of Charles I; circa Feb. 1649 - June 1650. 2. ff. 39-39v. 'Address' recommending a general Act of Oblivion, etc.; circa early 1650.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1649-1650
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 60281

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IX. Collection of autograph drafts of untitled dramas; n.d. Imperfect. ff. 77. 305 x 190mm. 1. ff. 3-46. Notebook comprising autograph fair copy of a five-act tragedy in blank verse on the Emperor Antonius Bassianus Caracalla. ff.47-72 are blank. 2. ff. 73-74....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646-1666
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 60278

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VI. Notebook comprising autograph drafts and scribal fair copies of plays and translations; after 1650 and 1655. ff. ii+40. 300 x 180mm. Vellum binding with two thongs. 1. ff. 5v-21v. The Mandrake, an adaptation of Machiavelli's prose comedy La Mandragola; afte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1650-1655
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 60277

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V. Notebook comprising partly autograph fair copies of the Senecan translations also found in Add. 60276, ff. 49-81v. ff. 45. 305 x 200mm. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the younger; philosopher and statesman: `Agamemnon' and `Hercules Furens' of Lucius Annaeus Seneca: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646-1666
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 60276

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV. Notebook comprising autograph fair copies and drafts of plays and poems; circa 1648. ff. i+85. 185 x 145mm. Lower cover of vellum. 1. ff. 1-31. Translation of Nicholas Caussin's Latin prose drama Hermenigildus (1620); n.d. 2. ff. 43-45. Drafts of satirical ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1648
Extent:
1 item