Copy, apparently the licence copy, of the play 'The fair Quaker' by Edward Thompson.
Scope and Contents
The volume is made up of pages from a copy of the 1769 edition of ‘The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, the Humours of the Navy’ by Charles Shadwell (originally published in 1710), bearing numerous small textual alterations and deletions, and leaves containing a great deal of new or completely revised material, written in a formal contemporary hand.
Dates
- Creation: [1769, or after-1773, or before.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
29 Leaves
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
58 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1957, by the Department of Printed Books, and transferred, 1968.
Bibliography
The printed book cited in the title of this description has been described in full in the catalogue of printed books. A link to the description is included under 'External Documents'.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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