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- [17 cent., last ¼], [18 cent., last ¼]. (Creation)
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Bound in brown calf. Emblazoned on the entire surface of the lower and upper covers respectively are the achievement of the family of Harcourt (gu., 2 bars or, a fleur-de-lis of the second in sinister chief for difference), and a slightly defaced achievement (quarterly of 17; in the first, Harcourt arms).
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A volume containing two dance tunes ('Tom Jones' and 'The Alcove') in a late eighteenth century hand. Written on the fly-leaf, in a late seventeenth century hand, is a stanza ('O greatness couldst thou not thy self contayne ...').
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English.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XX, 285.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 11002B.
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);