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1581. Ashley MS 3848

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Ashley MS 3848
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'First Fire' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; [1880-1881?]. Fair copy, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of ruled white laid paper. Watermark 'J Allen & Sons / Super Fine'. The sonnet was never used by Rossetti, but the fair copy may have been made with Ballads and Sonnets in mind, as the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1880-1881?]
Extent:
1 item

1582. Ashley MS A118

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Ashley MS A118
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'Lavengro'. Part of an account of the reaction to the first appearance of 'Lavengro', by George Borrow; 1872. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of white laid paper (f. 40). The leaf is conjoined with another (f. 41), on which are two short phrases in Borrow's hand, one ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

1583. Ashley MS A2380

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Ashley MS A2380
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'Targum'. 1. 'On the peculiarities of the houses and ships of the Egyptians. From the Arabic of Abdollatif, a writer of the 13th century.': a translation by Borrow of an essay in prose; circa 1830. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of white laid paper. Watermark part ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1855
Extent:
1 item

1584. Ashley MS 1408

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Ashley MS 1408
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'The Trees of the Garden' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; [1875?]. Fair copy, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. Watermark '18[ ]'. Signed 'D G Rossetti'. The text found in the MS. differs slightly from the version printed on p. 251. Also included (ff. 2, 3) is a letter, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1875?]
Extent:
1 item

1585. Ashley MS 3844

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Ashley MS 3844
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'A Prayer': a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, circa 1869 ff. i+2, quarto. Autograph fair copy written on one side only of two quarto leaves of white laid paper with one pencil revision and no watermark. See also Ashley MS 1388. First printed from the later version in The Works of D. G. Rossetti,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

1586. Ashley MS B2383

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Ashley MS B2383
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'The Zincali'. Fair copy, with revisions, of a translation of the Lord's Prayer into Spanish Romany, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper; circa 1839. Watermark part of lion on crowned shield. The text found in the fair copy differs greatly from that printed in vol. II,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1839
Extent:
1 item

1587. Ashley MS 5762 (2)

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Ashley MS 5762 (2)
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'Shelley's Centenary', an announcement of the plans of the Shelley Society for 1892; [1891]. ff. 7, 8, 9. includes: ff. 7, 8, 9 William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: 'Shelley's Centenary', an announcement of the Shelley Society's plans to celebrate the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1891]
Extent:
1 item

1588. Ashley MS A1063

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Ashley MS A1063
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Landor Prose Fragments. A portion of the 'Imaginary Conversation between Anacreon and Polycrates' exactly corresponding to the portion added when the conversation was reprinted in Works, vol. i, 1846. The MS. therefore dates from between 1828 and 1846. The passage is written on both sides of a f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1846
Extent:
1 item

1589. Ashley MS 5762 (1)

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Ashley MS 5762 (1)
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Notes on four poems by P. B. Shelley, probably written for Cor Cordium, Rossetti's projected collection of Shelley's autobiographical writings; [1879?]. Partly printed. See also B4113, B4174, B4236, B5021. ff. 1-6b. includes: ff. 1-6b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Percy By...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1879?]
Extent:
1 item

1590. Ashley MS A1053

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Ashley MS A1053
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Landor Prose Fragments. Apparently a discarded portion of the 'Imaginary Conversation between a Florentine, an English Visitor, and Landor', printed in ibid., vol. iii, 1828; before 1828. The passage is written on both sides of a fragment of cream wove paper. No watermark. includes: ff. 114, 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1828
Extent:
1 item