John William Bythell poems,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23704C.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004018842
      (alternative) (WLABNL)P1Saan0000015842
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000018842
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1825] /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • iv, 40 ff. (paginated 1-79; blank from p. 75) ; 230 x 185 mm. Bound in green morocco with blind tooling, double gold fillet on covers and gold-stamped decoration on spine; 'POEMS' in blind and 'MS' in gold on spine; marbled endpapers.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript volume, [1825] (watermarks 1822, 1824), containing autograph drafts of poems, some of Welsh interest, by John William Bythell, attorney, of Shoplatch, Shrewsbury, with numerous emendations and deletions in pencil.
A few of the poems had previously appeared in The Salopian Journal and the Shrewsbury Chronicle; many were later published in his Salopia, The News-Room and Other Poems (London & Shrewsbury, 1841). Included is a parody of a poem by Thomas Moore (pp. 18-20).

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Acquisition Information

Dylans Bookstore; Swansea; Purchase (with NLW MS 23703B and Papurau'r Parchedig E. R. Williams, Patagonia); November 1997; B1997/43.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23704C.

Archivist's Note

May 2009.

Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

'Some of the Earlier Poems of John William Bythell' on f. iv.

Related Material

For other poems by Bythell see NLW MS 19186B.

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales