STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXX. Letter to A. Wolfenstein; 1920. German. f. 1. 175 x 135mm. Rainer Maria Rilke, poet: A. Wolfenstein: Letter to A. Wolfenstein from Rainer Maria Rilke: 1920: Germ.
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXI. Arthur Rimbaud: 'Poésies'; 1870-[1871]. Fair copies. French. See Oeuvres Complètes de Arthur Rimbaud, ed. R. de Renéville and J. Monquet (Paris, 1946), pp. 40-69. ff. 47. Late 19th-cent. binding of red cloth, with gilt-stamped title, decorated spine and ma...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXII. Maximilien de Robespierre: speech 'La rose croît pour tous les hommes'; circa 1787. Draft. French. ff. 7. 300 x 194mm. Maximilien de Robespierre, French politician: Speech 'La rose croÎt pour tous les hommes' by Maximilien de Robespierre: circa 1787: Fr: ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXIII. Madame Manon-Jeanne Roland de la Platière: 'Rêveries Philosophiques', 'Pensées Détachées' and 'Lettres à Madame P.'; 18th cent. French. ff. ii+32. Binding of red morocco, gold-tooled by Rivière and Son. 244 x 196mm. Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bindings...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXVI. Essays; early 20th cent. French. ff. 18. 273 x 207mm. 1. ff. 1-17. 'La Jeunesse Suisse'; 1917 (see f. 17). Draft. Printed in R. Rolland, Les Précurseurs, (Paris, 1919), pp. 71-89. 2. f. 18. Declaration of independence of spirit at the end of the First ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXVII. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just: draft decree concerning the creation of censorship; [1794]. French. See Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, ed. C. Vellay, vol. II (Paris, 1908), pp. 538-539. ff. 2. 257 x 192mm. Louis Antoine de Saint Just, Member of Committee...
Percy Bysshe Shelley: ‘Lines to —’, a sonnet to Lord Byron: autograph fair copy; headed ‘Jan 22.’ [composed 1821 or 1822]
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Begins: ‘If I esteemed you less, Envy would kill / Pleasure’.Ends: ‘The worm beneath the sod / May lift itself in worship to the God’. A sonnet of fourteen lines, divided into two stanzas of eight and six lines. The addressee or subject of the sonnet was first publicly identified as Lord Byron ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXIX. Marie Henri Beyle al. 'Stendhal': will sent to Raymond Colomb; 1836. French. ff. 2. 328 x 234mm. Marie Henri Beyle, alias 'Stendhal'; author: Raymond Colomb: Will sent to Raymond Colomb of Marie Henri Beyle: 1836: Fr: Autogr.