STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXVII. Alexander Pope: poem addressed to the Earl of Oxford; circa 1728. See The Twickenham Edition of the Works of Alexander Pope, vol. VI, 'Minor Poems', ed. N. Ault (1954), p. 294. ff. 3. 201 x 165mm. (f. 3) and 101 x 114mm. (f. 2) pasted down on sheet 367 x ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLI. Charles Darwin: fragment of 'Insectivorous Plants', with some mathematical calculations relating to meridians on the verso; n.d. Draft. Published in 1875. See The Works of Charles Darwin, ed. P. H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman, vol. 24 (1989), p. 307. f. 1. 165...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXII. Thomas Moore: poem 'The Last Rose of Summer'; circa 1813. Fair copy. See The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq., (Paris: Galignani, 1820), vol. iv, pp. 121-122. ff. 2. 199 x 165mm. Poetry ENGLISH: Thomas Moore, poet: Poem 'The Last Rose of Summer' by Thomas Moor...
John Keats: Fragment of poem 'I stood tip-toe upon a little hill'
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Autograph first draft. Fifty-seven lines (including deletions) from the 4th leaf of the poem. The whole work consists of 242 lines in rhyming couplets, drafted on ten leaves. Lines 87-106 of the final version are drafted on the recto, and lines 123-150 on the verso of this fragment. The gap be...
Benjamin Franklin: Letter to William Strahan; Philad[elphia] 12 Feb. 1744/5
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Autograph. Signed. Begins: ‘Sir I receiv'd your Favour p[er] Mr Chew dayed Sept. 10. and a Copy via Boston.’ Ends: ‘Your obliged humble Servant B Franklin’ Franklin acknowledges receipt from Strahan of 'Mr Middleton's Pieces' and places new orders: a range of pamphlets for friends of differ...
(Enoch) Arnold Bennett: Newspaper article in the series 'Books and Persons', including a review of Conflicts by Stefan Zweig, written for the Evening Standard; London, 20 February 1928 (see f. 1)
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Autograph draft. The review relates to novels by three European writers newly published in English translation. Begins: 'Not long since I saw an advertisement of [deletion] a novel . . .' Ends: ‘It has sparks of the divine fire’ The works discussed are: Thomas Raucat, L'Honorable Partie de ...
George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron: 'Note to the lines where Capel Lofft is mentioned'
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Autograph fair copy. The prose note explains the allusion to Capel Lofft in Byron's 'Hints from Horace' (published 1811), lines 693-696: 'Hark to those notes, narcotically soft! / The cobber-laureats sing to Capel Lofft! /Till, lo! that modern Midas, as he hears, / Adds an ell-growth to his egre...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXIII. Madame Manon-Jeanne Roland de la Platière: 'Rêveries Philosophiques', 'Pensées Détachées' and 'Lettres à Madame P.'; 18th cent. French. ff. ii+32. Binding of red morocco, gold-tooled by Rivière and Son. 244 x 196mm. Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bindings...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCIX. Oscar Wilde: poem 'In the Gold Room'; [1881]. Draft. First published among 'Flowers of Gold' in Wilde's Poems (1881). See The Poems of Oscar Wilde (1908), p. 159. f. 1. 259 x 206mm. Poetry ENGLISH: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Poem 'In the...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXVIII. John Locke; Latin epitaph on Descartes; n.d. Fair copy. Accompanied by an engraving of Descartes by J. B. Grateloup after F. Hals. ff. 4. 271 x 212mm. overall. Epitaph (f. 4) 94 x 75mm; engraving (f. 2 pasted down) 103 x 72mm. includes: f. 2 Jean Baptis...