File NLW MS 16363C. - W. R. Williams's Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales

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Reference code

NLW MS 16363C.

Title

W. R. Williams's Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales

Date(s)

  • 1895-[1919] (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

241 ff. (paginated i-vi, followed by original pagination i-xiv, 1-224; interleaves left unfoliated; some folios blank) ; 255 x 205 mm.

Cloth over boards.

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Thomas U. Sadleir; Dublin; Purchase; May 1947.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

An interleaved copy of W. R. Williams, The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales..., 1541-1895 (Brecknock, 1895) with copious manuscript additions and corrections in the hand of the author, [c. 1912], in preparation for a projected second edition.
Deletions and minor corrections were generally made directly to the original text with more substantial changes supplied on the interleaves opposite. Among the main additions are details of elections, 1895-1910. There are a few further additions to the List of Subscribers (pp. 213-218) up to about 1919. Three items found in the volume have been loosely inserted opposite pp. 77 and 78.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Front cover detached; spine loose; first gathering loose.

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

For other manuscripts of W. R. Williams see NLW MSS 11029C, 16937E.

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Notes area

Note

'Only 300 copies printed, of which this is No. 300.' (p. ii).

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16363C.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004433119

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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

September 2006.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;

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