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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia [manuscript], ca. 1585.

Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. author.; Robinson, Richard (Citizen of London), scribe.; Clifford, Alexander, former owner.; Frogmorton, Arthur, former owner.; Morgan, David, former owner.; Pris, Hugh, former owner.
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Title
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia [manuscript], ca. 1585.
Uniform title
Arcadia
Description
228 leaves.
Associated name
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. author.
Robinson, Richard (Citizen of London), scribe.
Clifford, Alexander, former owner.
Frogmorton, Arthur, former owner.
Morgan, David, former owner.
Pris, Hugh, former owner.
Scope and content
A scribal transcript of the original unrevised version, transcribed by Richard Robinson (see H.R. Woudhuysen, Sir Philip Sidney and the circulation of manuscripts 1558-1640, 1996, esp. p. 203). A. Feuillerat printed from this manuscript the Cambridge edition of "The original version," 1926.
Provenance
Belonged ca. 1600 to Alexander Clifford and Arthur Frogmorton.
David Morgan -- Hugh Pris (?) MS
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library H.b.1
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Romances.

Call number
H.b.1
Folger accession
40.09.03