Franklin

Letters historical and gallant from two ladies of quality to each other.

Publication:
[England], 1740-1741.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
215 leaves : paper ; 326 x 196 (311 x 187) mm bound to 335 x 216 mm
Status/Location:
Loading...

Get It

Details

Form/Genre:
Codices.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
English, translated from French.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (p. 1).
Pagination: Paper, i (modern paper) + i (contemporary paper) + 215 + i (contemporary paper) + i (modern paper); [1-14], 15-134, 134-135, 135-259, 259, 261-265, 268, 267-346, 349-430; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a semi-cursive script by a single hand.
Binding: Modern cloth.
Origin: Written in England, 1740-1741.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by James Hingston (bookplate, flyleaf iii).
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 53 (Ms. English 25).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 227
OCLC:
155962891