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Bound in is a printed copy of Catalogue of Songs sold at G. I. Birt's Song Warehouse ..., London, 1850 (24pp.)

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In alphabetical order.

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In alphabetical order. There are a few pencilled explanatory notes. flyleaf: 'F. Madden Decr 6 1841' (in pencil).

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The printers are: Pitts (fo. 2), Catnach (fo. 70), Birt (fo. 122), Batchelar (fo. 150), Hillart & Martin (fo. 173), and Sharp (fo. 191). Titles are arranged alphabetically under each printer.

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The printers are: Taylor (fo. 4), Hill (fo. 27), Phair (fo. 55), and Paul (fo. 79). Titles are arranged alphabetically under each printer.

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Catalogues of collections of ballads produced by London printers and in the Roxburghe collection; catalogues of manuscripts in Madden's collections; catalogues and information concerning oriental manuscripts.

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fo. 50: 'Finished this List, 20 July 1844 F. M.'

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Catalogues of collections of ballads produced by London printers and in the Roxburghe collection; catalogues of manuscripts in Madden's collections; catalogues and information concerning oriental manuscripts.

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Collection now in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge. On flyleaf: 'F. Madden Brit. Mus. 1842.

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Collection of papers concerning ballads. Includes lists of ballad collections and notes for a history of ballads.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Collection of papers concerning ballads. Includes lists of ballad collections and notes for a history of ballads.

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Collection of papers concerning ballads. Includes lists of ballad collections and notes for a history of ballads.

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Including (between fos 51-2) letter from Revd Nicholas Bull, vicar of Saffron Walden, Essex, to [ ] Farrer, Aug. 1842; (fo. 62) letter from J. R. Smith to Madden, 27 Dec. 1856. fos 82-8: copies of 'The Pavilion' (2 versions), 'The Chain Pier', 'The Whore's Downfall', 'The Duke of Marlborough', 'Jack the Sailor' (1761), 'The Fiddler's Farewell', and 'The Light Horse' (1760), in three 18th-cent. hands.

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Loose between pp. 154 and 155: list of ballad printers in London, 1848.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Catalogues of collections of ballads produced by London printers and in the Roxburghe collection; catalogues of manuscripts in Madden's collections; catalogues and information concerning oriental manuscripts.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Catalogues of collections of ballads produced by London printers and in the Roxburghe collection; catalogues of manuscripts in Madden's collections; catalogues and information concerning oriental manuscripts.

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inside front cover: 'F. Madden 1846'. label attached to front cover: '650/3'

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Catalogues of collections of ballads produced by London printers and in the Roxburghe collection; catalogues of manuscripts in Madden's collections; catalogues and information concerning oriental manuscripts.

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These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.

Scope and Contents Lists of London and provincial ballad printers, ballads and slip songs published by Collard, and in the Pepys and Roxburghe collections, in the hands of Madden and Henry Bradshaw. Also including letters, bills, and memoranda re Madden's collection: receipt for rent signed by R. Henderson, 25 June 1783; receipted bill signed by William Collard, 18 Oct. 1837; letter from W. Clift of Cirencester, printer, 26 Sep. 1837; receipted bill signed by John Swindells, Manchester, 30 May 1839; four...

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Catalogues of collections of ballads produced by London printers and in the Roxburghe collection; catalogues of manuscripts in Madden's collections; catalogues and information concerning oriental manuscripts.

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Poems are arranged in alphabetical order of the opening line, with references to Ritson's Bibliographica poetica and other works, 496 folios.

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Including notes on the following MSS.: Gonville and Caius 1072, 175; Trinity R.3.19-21; University Library Ll.4.14; Corpus Christi 45, 50, 80, 91; Jesus Q.I.8 (?); St John's B.6, C.9, K.26, F.18. fo. i: (signed) F. Madden / April 1838'. fo. iiv: '397-1873 / B. Quaritch' (in another hand). fos 47v-9, 54-86: blank. From the title page (fo. ii) Madden's original intention seems to have been to include MSS. from Oxford and elsewhere.

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Collection of papers concerning ballads. Includes lists of ballad collections and notes for a history of ballads.

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Intended for publication as an appendix to Madden's edition of Matthew Paris' Historia Anglorum (Rolls Series 1866-9), but not printed, with descriptions of certain manuscripts.