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1. Ashley MS B2375, 2376, 2377*, 2378

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2375, 2376, 2377*, 2378
Title:
'Romantic Ballads' by George Borrow. Autograph fair copies of poems included in Romantic Ballads, 1826. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 37-39. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in Romantic Ballads, to which page references apply. It appears that some of the fair copies may have been made for the projected Songs of Scandinavia on which Borrow was working in 1829-1830 or 'Songs of Denmark' on which he wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1823-1870]
Extent:
4 items

2. Ashley MS 2378

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2378
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Romantic Ballads'. 'Vidrik Verlandson'; circa 1845. Fair copy, written on both sides of seven quarto leaves of blue wove paper and on one side only of an eighth. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Vidrik Verlandson' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by more than a hundre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS 2377*

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2377*
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Romantic Ballads'. 'The Tournament'; after 1843. Fair copy, written on both sides of seven quarto leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark 'Stowford Mill / 1843' and figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Tournament' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs in more than half...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1843
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 2376

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2376
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Romantic Ballads'. 1. 'The Death-Raven'; circa 1865. Fair copy, with a few revisions, written on both sides of ten quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark 'Cowan' and the figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Death-Raven. From Oehlenslaeger' in Borrow's hand. The final text found...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS B2375

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2375
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Romantic Ballads'. 'The Violet-Gatherer'; circa 1865. Fair copy, with revisions, of stanzas 7-10, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white laid paper. Watermark 'Cowan'. The final text found in the fair copy is identical with that printed on pp. 160-161. Accompanying the MS. is a let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

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