F.Douce Collection
Source:
Francis Douce (Auth.)
*Ms.Douce [d.44 - includes Cheshire folk plays]
Bodleian Library - Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
Francis Douce (1757-1834), antiquary; bequeathed his manuscripts,
prints and coins to the Bodleian Library and his unpublished essays to
the British Museum. Douce did not collect plays himself, but his
manuscripts hold three texts:- (1) A copy of the chapbook "Alexander and
the King of Egypt..." (1788), (2) an unlocated cheshire play, and (3) a
Cheshire text copied by Douce from G.Ormerod's manuscript, an abstract of
which was printed in G.Ormerod (1818)
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Ches.
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| Years: |
Col. before 1834
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| Subjects: |
Full Texts; Chapbook; Play; Ormerod,G. Collection; "Alexander and the King of Egypt" (1788); Ormerod,G. (1818)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00283
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* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
Last Updated Mar 1983 by Duncan Broomhead.
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