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1. Add MS 60273-60285

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Title:
CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS
Scope & Content:
Literary and other manuscripts from the library of the Earls and Marquesses of Northampton at Castle Ashby; 17th cent. See W. P. Williams, 'The Castle Ashby Manuscripts: a Description of the Volumes in Bishop Percy's List', The Library, ii (1980), pp. 391-412, and W. H. Kelliher, 'A Hitherto Unr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
13 items

2. Add MS 60283-60285

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XI-XIII. Miscellaneous manuscripts, partly literary, from Castle Ashby; early-mid 17th cent. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

3. 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.
Scope & Content:
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

4. Add MS 60273-60275

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. I-III. Cosmo Manucci or Manuche: plays in blank verse; circa 1660-1665, n.d. Autograph presentation copies, with prose dedications to James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Cosmo Manucci, alias Manuche: James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton: Plays by Cosmo Manucci, dedicated to Lord Northampton: circa 1660-1665: Autogr. copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1660-1665
Extent:
3 items

5. 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

6. 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

7. Add MS 60285

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XIII. 'The Description and Some Uses of a Spheare', illustrated with diagrams; early-mid 17th cent. ff. 15. 205 x 160mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 60273

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I. 'The Banished Shepherdess', a pastoral drama in five acts; circa 1660. Another autograph version is in the Huntington Library. ff. ii+44. 295 x 200mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1660
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 60274

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CASTLE ASHBY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II. 'The Feast', a comedy in five acts; circa 1664. Another (scribal) version is in the Library of Worcester College, Oxford. Kept with Add. 60283. Heraldic bookplate of Charles, 3rd Marquess of Northampton, f. i. ff. vi+41. 300 x 195mm. includes: f. i Bookpl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1664
Extent:
1 item

10. 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