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- [mid-19 cent.] / (Creation)
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50 ff. ;380 x 245 mm.Bound in quarter leather at NLW in 1968.Some leaves affected by damp; ff. 1 and 50 damaged, and repaired at NLW with some loss of text.Some leaves affected by damp; ff. 1 and 50 damaged, and repaired at NLW with some loss of text
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Owned by George Powell of Nanteos and bequeathed by him to Dr Joseph Parry's Musical College of Wales, Swansea, held under the Powell Trust (label pasted onto the title page), [1880s]. It does not appear to have been donated to UCW Aberystwyth with the other Powell Trust MSS (see printed catalogue University College of Wales Aberystwyth, George Powell of Nanteos: An Early Benefactor of the College Library (1971)).
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Scope and content
A translation into French, [mid-19 cent.], by Pierre Hubert Adolphe Bouhin, of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (first published in English in 1600).
The text is written thoughout on half sheets. Act 1, Scenes 1-3 (ff. 2-5) are in verse, the remainder in prose.
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French.
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Formerly Snell MS 2.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 19762E.
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- Parry, Joseph, 1841-1903 (Subject)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice. French. (Subject)
- Powell, George E. J., former owner. (Subject)
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September 2008.
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Description compiled by Cyprien Henry and Rhys Morgan Jones;