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The first part of Cecilia and Clorinda, or, Love in arms, a tragi-comedy [manuscript], 1649-1650.

Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683, author.; Morton, Anne Douglas, Countess of, -1654.; Thorn-Drury, George, 1860-1931, former owner.
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Title
The first part of Cecilia and Clorinda, or, Love in arms, a tragi-comedy [manuscript], 1649-1650.
Uniform title
Cicilia & Clorinda. 1st part
Description
[2], 49 p.
Associated name
Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683, author.
Morton, Anne Douglas, Countess of, -1654.
Thorn-Drury, George, 1860-1931, former owner.
Scope and content
Autograph manuscript of Thomas Killigrew. Dedicated to Lady Anne Villiers, Countess of Morton. Written in Turin in 1649-1650 (see Thomas Killigrew by A. Harbage) and printed in the first edition of Killigrew's plays, 1664 (Wing K450). It is apparently the manuscript described as an autograph manuscript in Sotheby's sale catalog of the Thorn-Drury collection, February 22, 1932, no. 2407.
Note
See also: The second part of Cecilia and Clorinda, or, Love in arms, a tragi-comedy (Folger MS V.b.209).

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Provenance
Thorn-Drury MS.
Formerly Folger MS 4458.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Plays (performing arts compositions)

Call number
V.b.208
Folger accession
4458