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Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1820], 1856-1866 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
54 ff. ; 290 x 235 mm. Vellum over boards, repaired at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Tom Evans; Aberystwyth; Purchase; March 1997; B1997/15.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume containing a catalogue of the books, paintings and sculptures at Glanrheidol, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire (ff. 31 verso-50), compiled 1856-1858, by James Hughes, Glanrheidol, and an amanuensis, with additions in pencil in Hughes' hand regarding the relocation of some of the paintings within the house. The books, mostly on the subjects of biography, English literature, history, law, religion, science, topography and travel, were mainly published in London during the late eighteenth century and first half of the nineteeth century; very few are in Welsh or about Wales. The library and works of art were transferred after Hughes's death to Llidiardau, Llanilar, the home of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of George Williams Parry (1811-74), Llidiardau, and an inventory in her hand of the books, jewellery, paintings, etc., brought there in 1861 is tipped in on f. 51; a supplementary catalogue in her hand of books at Llidiardau, 1866, is added on ff. 1 verso-3, 4, 5. A memorandum, 1874, in her hand in pencil recording the loan of a book occurs on f. 48 verso. The volume was previously used, [c. 1820], for a catalogue of the contents of an unnamed library (ff. 3 verso, 4 verso, 5 verso-30 verso). These books, arranged under broad subject headings and mostly on agriculture and horticulture, biography, history, law, literature, religion, science and travel, were mainly published during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; a small number are in Welsh or about Wales. A few memoranda in pencil, [c. 1820], record loans of books to individuals (ff. 1, 6, 9).
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
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Watermark 1808.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23576D.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Glanrheidol Estate (Wales) -- Library. (Subject)
- Llidiardau Estate (Wales) -- Library. (Subject)
- Parry, Elizabeth, 1821-1881. (Subject)
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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 compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;