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Reference code
Add. MS a/630
Title
Translation of Virgil's Georgics, with a commentary, by Robert Hampden-Trevor
Date(s)
- 1751-2 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume
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Name of creator
(1706-1783)
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Archival history
No. 1151, Thorpe's Catalogue of Manuscripts. With the bookplate of John Lee, and notes in his hand on front pastedown.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Source of acquisition unknown. Two other volumes from Lee's library were the bequest of William Aldis Wright, 1914.
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Scope and content
MS blank verse translation accompanied by commentary, dedicated to his brother Lord Trevor.
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Related units of description
One of 19 bound manuscripts formerly owned by John Lee: Add. MS a. 630, Add. MS b. 158-66, Add. MS c. 173-81.
Notes area
Note
Spine title: "Ld Hampden's Georgics"