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Fly leaf, in pencil: La Tiranna is a general | Name in Spain when excellence
|
In ink: 2900 L.
Piece of paper, 12.6 x 9.7 cms, pasted on. On it a drawing (pen and ink
and wash) with heading in pencil: Silvia, p. 108. Dear Child be compos'd
| Be assur'd I love thee...
Verso of fly leaf, in pencil: 7 C 5 22
Loose leaves as follows:
1. Engraved plate, published Ap. 20, 1809. T.S. Esqr detto Il Taliessen
invt et pint. N. Bond sculpt
.
2. Attached: Printed Ode to Urania with note 'The Plate represents
| the Genius of Dramatic Poesy. | in the Cavern of Fancy. | contemplating
the Bust of | Shakespeare.
Verso of 1 and 2 blank.
3. Paper (oval), pasted on and bearing watercolour illustration with title:
The Gipsies. T.P. inv. et facit.
Verso: a little of a pencil drawing of a man.
4. Leaf with double leaf pasted down. Paste down 12.8 x 9.7 cms, watercolour
sketch of three figures in a wood.
On verso: T.P. inv. et fecit last Scene of 2 Act.
On recto, in ink: See this Scene at p.69.
Verso: blank.
5. Loose leaf of paper with watercolour drawing of an interior with figures,
15 x 12.2 cms.
Verso: pencil drawing of two figures.
6. Slip of paper, 9.8 x 11.6 cms. On recto a pen and ink and crayon drawing
of man, woman and animal.
Verso, in ink: Fid. I see I have offended you. p. 72.
7. Recto, in ink: Silvia | La | Zingara | La Tyranna | or | The Gipsies
| a Drama. | by | Il Talliessin di | Monmouth. | T.P.
Verso: blank.
Leaf with two slips, one pasted down one not, with notes by T.P. On the
leaf itself, in ink: The first Plan of this Drama | was cast in early youth
- when | Terence & the Conte Lovers ... | then the only Dramas of this
Cast.
Verso: footnote to next recto (8) which, continuing to 11v contains
dedication to Miss Silvia Brathwaite.
12r Another title-page, saying that the drama is from Cervantes.
Initials T.P. and date 1764.
Verso: list of characters.
13r and v Notes on the characters, with footnote to 13v on 14r.
14v Notes in pencil, sighned T.P.
15r and 15v and 16r Prologue. Between 15v and 16r three half leaves and a drawing on paper watermarked 1794.
17r Also notes on Act 1.
Verso: blank.
Text begins on p. 1 and continues to p. 122 and then continues (with Epilogue) on unnumbered pages 1-15.
15v and remaining 23 leaves all blank. Endpaper and inside back board blank.
Many insertions and some more drawings.
Size of page: 19 x 11.9 cms.
See
Notes and Queries 3rd Ser. Vol.3 pp. 348 and 479-80.
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