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1. Add MS 59495-59498

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JOHN GOWER: The Trentham Manuscript, with related material; circa 1399-1818. English, Latin and French. Partly printed. The only known manuscript of Gower's 'Cinkante balades', with other poems, derives from the library of the Sutherland-Leveson-Gower family at Trentham Hall, co. Staff. It is accompanied here by some material relating to the later transmission of the texts. Purchased from Pickering and Chatto, 21 Oct. 1975. Four volumes.
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Poetry ENGLISH: The Trentham MS of J. Gower's `Cinkante Balades', etc., with related material: circa 1399-1400: Copy. John Gower, poet: The Trentham Manuscript of his `Cinkante Balades', etc., with related material: circa 1399-1818: Partly Latin and French: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1399-1818
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 59495

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JOHN GOWER. Vol. I. The Trentham Manuscript of poems by him; circa 1397-1400. Mostly Latin and French. Several of the pieces, which include love songs, moralising verses and some poems addressed to Henry IV, may be dated to the first year of the king's reign. All the texts were collated for G. C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1397-1400
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 59496-59498

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JOHN GOWER. Vols. II-IV. Material relating to the Trentham Manuscript; 1764, 1818. Partly printed. Included are a handwritten facsimile of the manuscript, 1764, and proofs, etc., of the Roxburghe Club edition of 1818. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1764-1818
Extent:
3 items

4. Add MS 59496

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JOHN GOWER. Vol. II. Transcript of the Trentham Manuscript made by Henry Strachey, 1st Bart., of Sutton Court, co. Som.; 1764. Copy. This page-by-page facsimile of the whole manuscript, copied in a calligraphic hand, was produced for Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and (1786) 1st Marques...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1764
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 59497-59498

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JOHN GOWER. Vols. III, IV. Balades and other poems by John Gower. Printed from the original manuscript in the library of the Marquis of Stafford at Trentham, 1818. Printed. This edition was presented to the Roxburghe Club on 17 June 1818 by George Granville Leveson-Gower, afterwards Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower and later (1833) 2nd Duke of Sutherland, one of the original members. It comprises all the poems of the Trentham manuscript except the English 'Carmen de pacis commendatione' ...
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Roxburghe Club: George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower; Marquess of Stafford; 2nd Duke of Sutherland; formerly Leveson-Gower: Proofs, etc., of his edition of the Trentham MS of Gower's poems , for Roxburghe Club: 1818: Partly Latin and French: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 59497

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JOHN GOWER. Vol. III. Corrected proofs of Balades and other poems by John Gower; 1818. Printed. The revised and corrected sheets were returned in separate sections headed 'for Press'. They carry some instructions, etc., in the hand of the editor (cf. f. 50), though a note to the printer (f. 14v)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 59498

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JOHN GOWER. Vol. IV. Balades and other poems by John Gower; 1818. Printed. A collotype facsimile of Fairfax's inscriptions on Add. 59495, f. 1, faces the prefatory page of bibliographical remarks that are signed 'G'. Label bearing red cross of St. George pasted inside front cover. Old pressmarks...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 item