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521. Ashley MS B2387

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Ashley MS B2387
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Certificate that his wife had transcribed George Borrow's 'The Bible in Spain' etc. from the original MSS; 30 Jan. 1869. Draft, in the hand of George Borrow, written on one side only of an octave leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. The certificate is dated 'Jan(ry) 30, 1869'. [Ashley Library...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 item

522. Ashley MS B3415

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Ashley MS B3415
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Letter from Samuel Johnson to Francesco Sastres informing him 'that he came home last night'; 17 Nov. [1784]. The letter is printed in The Letters of Samuel Johnson, ed. R. W. Chapman, iii, 1952, p. 248. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 211]. includes: ff. 80, 81b Francesco Sastres: Samuel ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov [1784]
Extent:
1 item

523. Ashley MS 1448, A1852, B4060, B5587

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Ashley MS 1448, A1852, B4060, B5587
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Letters (91) and a postcard from W. M. Rossetti to T. J. Wise; 8 Jan. 1886-27 March 1913. The greater part of the letters concerns the Shelley Society (1886-1892), of which Wise was Secretary from 1887 and Rossetti Chairman. One of the factors contributing to the downfall of the Society was Wise's extravagant policy of issuing facsimile reprints, and the letters reveal Rossetti's patience and generosity contrasted with Wise's incompetence and duplicity. Another subject which features largely...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
8 Jan 1886-27 Mar 1913
Extent:
4 items

524. Ashley MS 2291

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Ashley MS 2291
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'The Rose Tree': a poem by W. B. Yeats; 1917. Fair copy, with one revision, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of grey wove writing paper headed '18, Woburn Buildings, W. C.'. The leaf is one of two formed by folding a quarto sheet. Watermark 'The Temple / Ancient Vellum' and lamb and fl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 item

525. Ashley MS B2783

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Ashley MS B2783
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Note by Thomas Carlyle, written in blue pencil on one side only of a scrap of white wove paper, 86 x 128mm. No watermark. The note, which reads 'An "Autograph", Child? Oh surely, Yes, ― by all manner of means! ―', is signed and dated 'T. Carlyle / Chelsea, 21 Novr 1870'. [Ashley Library Catalogu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

526. Ashley MS 974*

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Ashley MS 974*
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to William Michael Rossetti, with suggestions for the editing of a selection from John Keats; 23 May 1870. Printed in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, ii, 1959, pp. 113-114. Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 149, 150. Octavo; ff. i+2. William Michael Rossetti, author...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1870
Extent:
1 item

527. Ashley MS 1885

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Ashley MS 1885
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], expressing his opinion of the attacks made upon him in the English and American press during the ten years since the publication of Poems and Ballads, 1866; 16 April [1876]. Printed in C. Y. Lang, op. cit., iii, 1960, pp. 176-180. Ashley Libra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr [1876]
Extent:
1 item

528. Ashley MS A1922

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Ashley MS A1922
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'Love and Sleep': a poem of sixteen lines by A. C. Swinburne; [1871?]. Autograph draft, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. Watermark '[ ]e Note / [ ] & Co'. The title has been added by a later hand. The poem was first printed, as 'Love and Sleep II', in Posthumou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1871?]
Extent:
1 item

529. Ashley MS A4299

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Ashley MS A4299
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Letter from Richard Steele to Mrs Hannah Maria Keck; n.d. The letter is fragmentary, and all that remains is the concluding sentence and signature, together with the name of the addressee. On the verso is part of a recipe in another hand. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, pp. 203-204. includes: f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

530. Ashley MS B275, B2537, A2549, B2553, B4719

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Ashley MS B275, B2537, A2549, B2553, B4719
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Letters (7) from Robert Browning to his son R. W. B. Browning; 11 Oct. 1887-21 Oct. 1889. With the exception of B275, B2537 and B4719 the letters are printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933. A2549 comprises in addition a letter from Browning to F. J. Furnivall, 16 July 1889 (ff. 77-78b), and a letter from Browning to Norman MacColl, 9 July 1889 (f. 79). The letters are printed in Hood, pp. 311-313. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. [121, 129, 132,] 134,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
11 Oct 1887-21 Oct 1889
Extent:
5 items