View of Staffordshire [manuscript].

Survey of Staffordshire

England, Circa 1700.

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This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. Purchase made possible by The Elizabeth T. Kennan Acquisitions Endowment Fund. From dealer's description: "[ERDESWICK, Sampson; DAVISON, Samuel (c. 1668-1743?); WILMOT, Robert (1640-1722)] Scribal manuscript copy of Erdeswick’s ‘View’ or ‘Survey’ of Staffordshire. [Circa 1700]. Late 17th- early 18th century panelled calf, rubbed, modern reback, text spotted. Pagination [2], 84, [5], [7, index], final 10 leaves blank, an initial blank bifolium loose. Paper watermarked with two slightly different Coats of Arms. Haewood dates similar examples circa 1680-1720. Neat scribal hand, some pencil guidelines remaining. Provenance: An inscription to the paste-down reads “R Wilmot Ex Dono Sam: Davison de Brand in Com: Salop M-(?)” (Wilmot also signs the title page and the first text leaf); armorial bookplate to paste-down, “S:r Rob:t Wilmot of Osmaston, Derbyshire”; modern bookplate of D. J. Wright. This manuscript captures the flows of textual exchange in the late 17th century; how the different paths of communication converge and depart over time, and how people connect with each other through books. The story is complicated from the outset because there appear to have been at least two “originating” texts. These texts travelled on separate journeys through multiple acts of “copying”. They were adapted, extended and amended, resulting in multiple overlaps, convergences, similarities, differences, and variations." Ordered from Dean Cooke, Manuscripts & Rare Books, D9417, 2020-05-13, Cat. "Invisibl inks:on the social lives of manuscripts", REF: 7847.

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