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1. Egerton MS 2264-2327

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2264-2327
Title:
Farnborough Fund
Scope & Content:
Items purchased from the Farnborough Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1300-1899]
Extent:
64 items

2. Egerton MS 2265-2266

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2265-2266
Title:
Accounts of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre; containing the items of receipt and expenditure, the titles of the pieces performed on each night, the names and salaries of the actors, etc. Sept. 1724-June, 1727. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1724-Jun 1727
Extent:
2 items

3. Egerton MS 2273-2319

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2273-2319
Title:
LEDGER of Covent Garden Theatre, containing accounts similar to those in the preceding volumes; 1767-1822. Forty-seven volumes. Paper. Folio. See above, Add. MSS. 29,631- 29,642. The extreme dates of the entries, including additions, in the several volumes are as follows:-
Scope & Content:
London Theatres: Accounts and diaries of Covent Garden Theatre,: 1735-1833.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767-1822
Extent:
47 items

4. Egerton MS 2267-2272

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2267-2272
Title:
Accounts of Covent Garden Theatre, containing receipts and pa)-merits, with titles of pieces performed, lists of the company during various seasons, etc., between 1735 and 1767. Six volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
London Theatres: Accounts and diaries of Covent Garden Theatre,: 1735-1833.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1735-1767
Extent:
6 items

5. Egerton MS 2323

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2323
Title:
Fragments of Middle Dutch verse: the Nevelingenlied and Van den bere Wisselau
Scope & Content:
Three fragments, dated to the second half of the thirteenth century or first half of the fourteenth century, joined together with a paper booklet during the nineteenth century. The first two fragments are the only witnesses of the otherwise lost Middle Dutch Nevelingenlied, probably translated f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle
Date Range:
c 1250 - c 1350
Extent:

4 leaves

6. Egerton MS 2321-2322

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2321-2322
Title:
REGISTER of Pieces performed nightly at Drury Lane, the Opera House, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and the Queen's [Haymarket] theatres, from Oct. 1710 to July, 1729; including, in some instances, the distribution of parts, and, in the case of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, the amount of receipts. At the beginning of some seasons is given a list of the companies at Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields. Two volumes. Paper; xviiith cent. Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Register of performances, at London theatres: 1710-1729.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

7. Egerton MS 2320

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2320
Title:
Scope & Content:
DIARY, apparently by Benjamin Griffin, the actor and dramatist, of "plays acted at the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields," Sept. 1715-June, 1721, f. 2;-at Drury Lane, Sept. 1721-May, 1733, Mar. 1734-Nov. 1736, ff. 21 b, 62;-and at the Haymarket, Sept. 1733-Mar 1734, f. 60. The entries, which are a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1738
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 2326

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2326
Title:
Scope & Content:
POEMS of Abraham Cowley, consisting, with a few omissions, of those printed in the edition of 1669, and arranged in the same order. Paper; late xviith cent. On f. 1 is the name of John Owen. Small Quarto. Abraham Cowley: Poems: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Egerton MS 2327

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2327
Title:
Rough copies of twelve airs for pianoforte, with accompaniment for flute or violin, in score by Ludwig van Beethoven
Scope & Content:
Connected with his arrangements of English, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish airs. Autograph. They were all of them published in Seeks variirte Themen (op. 105) and Zehn variirte Themen (op. 107), about the year 1817. From op. 107 are taken nos. 1-4 (nos. 9, 10, 2, 8, respectively), no. 9 (no. 4), and n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1817
Extent:
1 volume (7 folios)

10. Egerton MS 2325

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2325
Title:
Scope & Content:
ORIGINAL letters to Francis Blackburne, Archdeacon of Cleveland, author of "The Confessional," from:- Lawrence Sterne; Sutton, 3 Nov. 1750, f. 1. Jaques Sterne, LL.D., Archdeacon of the East Riding, etc.; York, 6 Dec. 1750, f. 3. Nathaniel Lardner, D.D.; London, 30 July, 1754-29 Jan. 1760, ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1750-1769
Extent:
1 item