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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

651. Ashley MS A117

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A117
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Scope & Content:
'Lavengro'. Drafts; circa 1844. 1. Draft, with many revisions and cancellations, of part of Vol. I, chapter vi, written on both sides of seven octavo leaves of white wove paper. No watermark. The final text found in the draft differs in many places from that printed on p. 79, l. 5-p. 87, l. 15...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1844
Extent:
1 item

652. Ashley MS A117, A118, 2388

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A117, A118, 2388
Title:
'Lavengro' by George Borrow; [1843-1848]. Autograph drafts of various portions of the work, together with extraneous material. Page references are to the first edition of 1851. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 44-45. As follows:
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
[1843-1848]
Extent:
3 items

653. Ashley MS A118

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A118
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Scope & Content:
'Lavengro'. Part of an account of the reaction to the first appearance of 'Lavengro', by George Borrow; 1872. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of white laid paper (f. 40). The leaf is conjoined with another (f. 41), on which are two short phrases in Borrow's hand, one ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

654. Ashley MS A120

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A120
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Scope & Content:
'The Romany Rye' by George Borrow; [1852?]-[1854]. 1. Draft of a passage from the beginning of Vol. I, written on both sides of two conjoint octavo leaves of cream laid paper. Watermark part of the figure of Britannia. ff. 42-43b. 2. Draft of a passage from the beginning of Vol. I, written on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1852?]-[1854]
Extent:
1 item

655. Ashley MS A120, 2417

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A120, 2417
Title:
'The Romany Rye' by George Borrow; [1852?]-[1857]. Autograph drafts of various portions of the work, together with extraneous material. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 45-46, 63. As follows:
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
[1852?]-[1857]
Extent:
2 items

656. Ashley MS A121

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A121
Title:
Scope & Content:
Fragments of 'The Sleeping Bard': a translation from the Welsh of Ellis Wynne by George Borrow; [1857-1860?]. 1. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, of the Preface, written on both sides of two folio leaves of grey laid paper. No watermark. 2. Two autograph fair copies, with revisions, of ll...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1857-1860?]
Extent:
1 item

657. Ashley MS A121, B121

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A121, B121
Title:
Fragments of 'The Sleeping Bard': a translation from the Welsh of Ellis Wynne by George Borrow; [1857-1860?]. The paper of A121, f. 56 is watermarked 1857, but in the preface Borrow speaks of 1830 as the original date of composition. Borrow's translation of 'The Sleeping Bard' was published in 1860. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 46. ;
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1857-1860?]
Extent:
2 items

658. Ashley MS A122

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A122
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Scope & Content:
Fragments of 'Romano Lavo-Lil': a work describing the English Gypsies and their language, by George Borrow; [1848-1874?]. Autograph drafts and fair copies of various passages, including the foreword, the chapters on the English Gypsy language and Thomas Herne, various Romany texts and translatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1848-1874?]
Extent:
1 item

659. Ashley MS A123

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A123
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Scope & Content:
Letter from George Borrow to Mary Clarke, whom he married in 1840, sending her 'Blue Beard' translated into Turkish by himself; 22 Oct. 1832. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 48. includes: f. 82 Mary Borrow, wife of G Borrow: George Borrow, writer: Letters to Mary Borrow from George Borrow: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1832
Extent:
1 item

660. Ashley MS A124

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A124
Title:
Scope & Content:
Fragments of 'The Death of Balder': a verse tragedy translated from the Danish of J. Ewald by George Borrow; [1821-1826?]. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 48. As follows: 1. Two autograph fair copies of the title-page, one (f. 83) written on one side only of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper, wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1821-1826?]
Extent:
1 item