Folger MS W.a.103

Title Ballads &c Vol. I
Archive Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number Folger MS W.a.103
Complete Yes
Description

Anonymous, ca. 1735.

15 poems.

Lots of ballads. 
Format Octavo
Book Size
Filled Page Count 50 pp.
Item Count 15
Poem Count 15
Periods
First Line Index No
Digitized No
Region
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes

Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes

Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links
Bibliography
Citation

“Folger MS W.a.103.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/260. Accessed .

Created 2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated 2023-07-25 11:10:11 AM
Feature Note
Author attributions

Frequent or occasional, mostly as part of title. 
Binding

Pre-bound paperbook. 300 blank pages at the end.

Simple binding, back cover detached. 

Spine is labelled: "Ballads &c Vol. I" 
Hands

Probably single.
Item formatting

Zigzag mark at end of each item.

Red line (same colour as margins) added in on pp. 24-7 for French Version of Prince of Wales’s letter to father.
Ownership mark

Bookplate in cover: Robert Bristow of London Esqr. (a later owner). 
Page layout

Paginated.

Ruled margins in red, some margin glosses - these rulings continue throughout the book, after entries and pagination stop (perhaps part of the book when bought, if designed for the recording of satirical poetry).

Another red line added in on pp. 24-7 for French Version of Prince of Wales’s letter to father.