Particularly noteworthy are five incunabula, and several bound manuscript volumes.
Since manuscript volumes were sometimes large and heavy, desks of the period usually had massive structures.
His writings fill twenty-four manuscript volumes, spanning the years 1781 to 1794.
Two original manuscript volumes range in date from 3 April 1826 - 26 December 1835 and 1835-47.
He kept these notes carefully bound in manuscript volumes, and shortly before his death they were announced as ready for publication.
The manuscript volume, in which Milwarp had apparently been writing at the time of death, was given into my charge with his other papers.
While at home, he continued to write a large amount of poetry, leaving 21 manuscript volumes at his death.
The first books in the library had been sixteen manuscript volumes which at that time were well used.
Queen Victoria's diaries run to 111 large manuscript volumes.
Based on the inventories of 1513 and 1532, more than 120 manuscript volumes were stored at the library.