Paper, in 4to, ff. 136, xvi. Cent. Alessandro Citolini's Grammar of the Italian Language, intended for the use of Sir Christopher Hatton Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth, with a dedication to him by the Author; in Italian. Sir Christopher Hatton, died in the year 1591: Alessandro Citolin...
Leonardo da Vinci, Notebook (''The Codex Arundel'')
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Contents: Notebook of Leonardo da Vinci (''The Codex Arundel''). A collection of papers written in Italian by Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452, d. 1519), in his characteristic left-handed mirror-writing (reading from right to left), including diagrams, drawings and brief texts, covering a broad range...
Letters (8) from J. M. Barrie to Clement Shorter, three with envelopes; 27 Jan. 1900-1 Sept. 1924. One letter (B4691) concerns Barrie's authorship of a short story 'A Lady's Shoe', but the others are chiefly excuses for refusing invitations from Shorter. For a further letter from Barrie to Shorter see 5750. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 16; [viii, p. 53]; ix, p. 11. MS. 71 is octavo; ff. i+10.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Letters (3) from Robert Browning to A. C. Swinburne; 8 June 1869-5 Feb. 1881. With the exception of B3559 which deals chiefly with the publication of John Forster, Walter Savage Landor, 1869, the letters are printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 126; iii, p. 95; [vi, pp. 107-108].
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
'The Story Of Rimini': a poem by J. H. Leigh Hunt; [1811-1816?]. 906 is an autograph fair copy, with pencil comments by Lord Byron, and occasional corrections by Hunt, of portions of Cantos II and III, written on one side only of thirty octavo leaves of white wove paper, and on both sides of another (f. 1). Watermark (ff. 1-21) 'J Green / 1814'. In a note on f. 4 of this MS. Hunt states that Canto II and a small part of Canto III were composed while he was in prison [3 Feb. 1813-3 Feb. 1815]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian