Chetham's Library MS A.2.3

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Fly leaf, in ink: No. 13 some shorthand Chez Mr Th nuit (?) leur du soin.

97 leaves of paper, unlettered and unlined. 11.6 x 19.3 cms.

1-4^r mss; 4^v-9^r blank; 9^v-10 ^v mss; 11 blank; 12^r-23^v mss; 24^r -34 ^r blank; 34^v mss; 35^r-77^r blank; 37 ^v-38^r mss; 38^v blank; 39 ^r mss; 39 ^v-41^v blank; 42^r-59 ^v mss; 60^r blank; 60^v mss; 61^r blank; 61^v-68 ^v mss; 69^r blank; 69^v-72 ^r mss; 72 ^v blank; 73^r-74^r mss; 74 ^v-79^v blank; 80^r-81^r mss; 81 ^v blank; 82^r -86^r mss; 86^v-87 ^r blank; 88^r mss.

Between f. 42^v and f. 43^r two loose papers, one printed. Last 12 lines of Lives Crueltie a Tragedy, ... Drury Lane, 1640, written by John Shirley (1596-1666).

f. 42-46^r Inne's (?) Tripp to Paris in August 1792 ... Lane 1793.

f. 21 Kearsley 1792.

Two watermarks, TAVERHAM, crown mounted on coat of arms. Observations on books, C18th read, adages etc. Commonplace book.

Endpaper: Proverbs, English, Latin and French.

Hand: same throughout, C18th.

Provenance: ?