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Title

The foundling, a tragedy

Call number

Ms. Codex 238
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2705122
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2705122

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

between 1750 and 1850

Place

England?

Summary

Verse play in three acts, by an unidentified author, no date or place, "composed and written between my sixteenth and eighteenth year" according to a note on the title page. Dramatis personae are Sir John Generous, Belville, Henry, Medicum, Servant, Edwin and Conrad (peasants), Matilda (the foundling), Julia, and Maria.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i).
   

Watermark

BROWN CHALMERS.

Extent

39 leaves : 239 x 191 (220 x 145) mm. bound to 238 x 193 mm

Foliation

Paper, 39; [iv], 1-75; contemporary pagination in ink in author's hand, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary cardboard.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with a possible second hand for some stage directions and added verses.

Subjects topical

• English literature--18th century
• English literature--19th century
• Youths' writings, English

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, English--19th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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