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- [c. 1662]-[c. 1663] / (Creation)
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41 ff. ; 205 x 150 mm. When acquired, remains of raised bands and gold-tooled calf along the spine were evidence of having come from a deliberately broken-up volume; re-bound at NLW.
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Pickering & Chatto Ltd.; London; Purchase; 1982
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A copy of 'Pompey', a translation by Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) of 'La Mort de Pompée' by Pierre Corneille, together with songs by the translator, a prologue by Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon, and an epilogue by Sir Edward Dering. The text bears corrections and additions in Katherine Philips's hand, e.g. the last six lines on f. 38. 'Pompey' was first performed and published in Dublin in 1663. Textual differences indicate that this version cannot be derived from the subsequent London editions of 1663 and 1667 [first, Dublin, edition not available for consultation in NLW].
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English.
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The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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For discussions of this manuscript, see The Collected Works of Katherine Philips ... Vol. III: The Translations ed. G. Greer and R. Little (Stump Cross, Essex, 1993), pp. ix-xi, and E. Hageman and A. Sununu, 'New Manuscript Texts of Katherine Philips, the "Matchless Orinda"', English Manuscript Studies 1100-1700, 4 (1993), 174-219 (pp. 187-94).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21867B.
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English