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81. Ashley MS 5744

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Ashley MS 5744
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Scope & Content:
Letters (9) from Walter Savage Landor to the Countess of Blessington; 1837-1846. The letters contain the following literary compositions:― 1. Autograph fair copy of the last scene of the drama 'Orestes'; [1837]. ff. 3b-4. 2. Autograph fair copy of a poem, beginning 'Why, why repine, my pensive...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1837-1846
Extent:
1 item

82. Ashley MS B5408

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Ashley MS B5408
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Paul Verlaine to Edmund Gosse, concerning the printing of his verses in the Athenæum, and his sojourn in hospital with a sore leg; 15 May 1894. The letter is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Gosse from Paris, but postmarked March 94 (f. 29). includes: ff. 28, 28b Paul Verl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 May 1894
Extent:
1 item

83. Ashley MS B34, B1328, B2619 (1), B5535

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Ashley MS B34, B1328, B2619 (1), B5535
Title:
Letters (5) from R. W. Chapman to T. J. Wise, sending a copy of Jane Austen, Volume the First, 1st edition, 1933, edited by Chapman (B34), discussing the bibliography of Matthew Prior, Poems on Several Occasions, 1709 (B1328) and of the works and letters of Samuel Johnson (B5535), and pointing out revisions to be made in the proofs of Ashley Library Catalogue, x, 1930, relating to Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III, 1816 (B2619 (1)); 22 March 1923-25 Sept. 1934. [Ashley Library Cat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
22 Mar 1923-25 Sep 1934
Extent:
4 items

84. Ashley MS 394, 2819 (1)-(4)

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Ashley MS 394, 2819 (1)-(4)
Title:
Five Diaries of Clara Mary Jane Clairmont; 14 Aug. - 9 Nov. 1814, 19 Jan. - 22 April 1818, 7 March 1819 - 1 Aug. 1820, 5 Aug. 1820 - 20 Sept. 1822, 24 May 1825 - 2 Jan. 1826. The diaries cover the period of P. B. Shelley's and Mary Godwin's elopement, accompanied by Claire, as she called herself, their residence in London, their departure for Italy, and residence there. Unfortunately there is a gap covering the period of Shelley's death. There are many references to Byron. The latest diary w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1814-1826
Extent:
1 item

85. Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255

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Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255
Title:
Letters (84) and one postcard from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne; 2 Jan. 1866-20 Sept. 1906. Also included are a letter to Swinburne from Lucy Rossetti, [April?] 1876 (1446, ff. 104-105), and a letter from W. M. Rossetti, not to Swinburne, but possibly to J. C. Hotten, 11 Jan. 1867 (1446, f. 18). The letters in 1446, ff. 9-10b, 52, 52b, 102-103b, and 154, 154b, and in A1871 are imperfect. Vol. A IV, f. 33 is not part of the letter on ff. 31-32b, but is the missing portion of the second l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
2 Jan 1866-20 Sep 1906
Extent:
20 items

86. Ashley MS A1647

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Ashley MS A1647
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Félix Rabbe to W. M. Rossetti, speaking of the writer's Shelley: sa vie et ses oeuvres, published in 1887; 26 July 1886. Ashley Library Catalogue, v, p. 137. includes: ff. 150, 151 William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Felix Rabbe, French critic: Letter to William Mich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 Jul 1886
Extent:
1 item

87. Ashley MS 1387, 1393* A1393, B1398, A1400, 1401, A1404, B1404, A1405, A1406, A1878, A3870, 4995

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Ashley MS 1387, 1393* A1393, B1398, A1400, 1401, A1404, B1404, A1405, A1406, A1878, A3870, 4995
Title:
Letters (26), one (A1400, ff. 24-25b) imperfect, from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, W. M. Rossetti, and John Aldam Heaton; 21 Aug. 1869-March 1870. The letters all concern the preparation of D. G. Rossetti's Poems, 1870, published on 24 April. In 1868 or early 1869 Rossetti seems to have decided to print such poetry as he had written, but to issue it privately. In August 1869 he received the first proofs, and after working on them, had the revisions incorporated in a further set...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
21 Aug 1869-Mar 1870
Extent:
11 items

88. Ashley MS A664, A666, A668, A670, A671, B677, B682, A691, B3098, B3106, B3110

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Ashley MS A664, A666, A668, A670, A671, B677, B682, A691, B3098, B3106, B3110
Title:
Letters (10) and a postcard from John Drinkwater to T. J. Wise; 7 May 1920-9 June 1933. The letters concern, among other matters, the bibliography of John Dryden, Poems, 6th ed. 1794, 1795 (A664), and an inscribed copy of W. S. Landor, Gebir, 2nd ed. (A666), the gift to Wise of a copy of Horace Shipp, Community Playing, with a foreword by Drinkwater (B682), and his offer to sell Wise various Byron, Brontë, and Landor items, together with 'my Verhaeren Poem' (A691). Ashley Library Catalogue, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
7 May 1920-9 Jun 1933
Extent:
11 items

89. Ashley MS B1978

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1978
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Scope & Content:
1. Letter from Victor Hugo to Mme [ ], sending four guineas for her bazaar; 3 Nov. 1869. [Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, p. 33]. 2. Letter from John Morley to A. C. Swinburne, discussing the latter's article, printed in the Fortnightly for Sept. 1872, on Victor Hugo's 'L'Année Terrible'; 25 Aug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1869-1872
Extent:
1 item

90. Ashley MS A4436

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A4436
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Scope & Content:
1. Letter from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, concerning the printing of A. C. Swinburne, Rondeaux Parisiens, 1917; 31 May 1917. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 50-51. Vol. A XI, ff. 48, 48b. 2. Poem of two stanzas, beginning 'Hélas! pucelle', by A. C. Swinburne; after 1879. French. Autograph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1879-1917
Extent:
1 item