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Name Lamb, Charles, essayist

1. Add MS 42874

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. X (ff. 7I3). Oct.-Dec. 1825. (1) 'The Three Strangers', by Harriet Lee. ff. 108, 109 autograph. ff. 3- 109. (2) 'The Scape-Goat', by J. Poole. ff. 110-145. (3) 'Love's Victory! or the School for Pride', by G. Hyde. ff. 146-249. (4) "Twas I! or the Truth a L...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1825-Dec 1825
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1 item

2. Add MS 49380

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 14th cent.-1948. Paper and (articles A and M) vellum; ff. 79. Folio. A. Two vellum leaves from service-books, each irregularly cropped and now measuring 135 x 110mm. and 160 x 115mm. respectively, the first, pro-bably English, containing Psalm 118 [119], vv. 92-106, and the second, possibly English or North French, part of the office of Prime from the Hours of the B. V. M.; late 14th cent. Latin. Both have decorated initials with penwork ornamentation, w...
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includes: f. 1 Liturgies LATIN: Psalm 119, vv.92-106: late 14th cent.f. 2 Liturgies LATIN: Hours: late 14th cent.: Fragment.f. 3 Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, archaeologist: Letter to,: 1932.ff. 3-5 Sir George Russell Clerk, GCMG; diplomatist: Letter, as Ambassador at Constantinople, to Sir C. L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Zulu
Date Range:
1300-1948
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 50824

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LETTERS AND VERSES OF LITERARY MEN, ETC.; 1807-1868, n.d. Followed (ff. 14-23) by copies of ff. 1-10. On f. i occurs the note 'Florence M[ary] Eaton. Mr Burcham left me these autograp[h]s'. Miss Eaton (b. 1878, d. 1961) was the daughter of George Clayton Eaton of Eaton Hall, Norwich: Robert Partridge Burcham (b. 1812, d. 1894) was a partner of Sir William Jenner and an amateur artist. Presented by T. C. Eaton, Major A. C. Eaton and Miss M. R. Eaton, nephews and niece of Miss F. M. Eaton. P...
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includes: f. 1 Poetry ENGLISH: S. T. Coleridge: verses `To Two Sisters': 1807: Autogr.f. 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Verses `To Two Sisters': 1807: Autogr.ff. 2-10b John J. Morgan, physician, of Bristol: Letters to,: 1808-1816.ff. 2-7 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 50951

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CHARLES LAMB: 'The Tombs in the Abbey. In a letter to R[obert] S[outhey] Esqr.'; circa 1833. Autograph fair copy, with revisions. The printer's copy of the first paragraph of the essay published as the fourteenth (f. 1b) in Last Essays of Elia, 1833. This essay comprises a revised version of the final three paragraphs of the 'Letter of Elia to Robert Southey' printed in The London Magazine, vii, no. xlvi, Oct. 1823, p. 405. See The Works in Prose and Verse of Charles and Mary Lamb, ed. T. Hu...
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Charles Lamb, essayist: `The Tombs in the Abbey': circa 1833: Fragm.: Autogr. Robert Southey, poet: C. Lamb, `The Tombs in the Abbey', addressed to,: circa 1833.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1833
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 54225

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Vol. II (ff. 204). H - O. includes: f. 1 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax: Treasury warrant authorised by: 1698: Signed. f. 2 Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax: Letter to A. Panizzi: 1857. f. 3 Henry Hallam, historian: Letter to A. Panizzi: circa 1850. f. 4 Sir Charles Hallé, pianist and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-1909
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 54316-54317

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Add MS 54316-54317
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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. XC, XCI. Autograph collection
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Some French, German and Italian. See BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 50-51. Mounted in an album, with printed portraits and photographs of a number of the writers. The album is annotated by Millar, with details of acquisition, etc., including information about items dispersed from the collection. Millar's book...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1689-1937
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 57846

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Add MS 57846
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CHARLES AND MARY LAMB: narrative of the travels of a lady in France; aft. Sept. 1822-bef. March 1833. Autograph fair copy, with revisions. Imperfect. This fictitious work, which takes the form of a letter addressed to 'My dear friend', was probably inspired by a visit that the Lambs made to France between June and Sept. 1822. The surviving portion is set mainly in the period from 1787 to Dec. 1788, following the narrator's move to France with her second husband, a merchant named McKenna. The...
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Voyages and Travels: Louis XVI of France: Charles Lamb, essayist: France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. First Republic: Mary Ann Lamb, sister of Charles Lamb; writer: Fictitious account of travels by a lady in pre- and revolutionary France by Charles Lamb and Mary Ann Lam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after Sep 1822-before Mar 1833
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 60336

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'CHARLES LAMB'S LIBRARY': an annotated list of 'such books as it was agreed should be destroyed after the more valuable, with notes, had been selected preserved at the request of "Capt. Jackson" and purchased by him at Edward Moxon's sale . . . on the death of Mary Lamb to Francis Jackson'; after 1897. The compiler, Richard Charles Jackson, claims that the list gives the books which on Mary Lamb's death Moxon was persuaded to sell to his grandfather, Francis Jackson. On this claim see B. Ros...
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Charles Lamb, essayist: Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Richard Charles Jackson, LLD; DCL: Annotated list by Richard Charles Jackson, rel. to library of Charles Lamb: after 1897. includes: f. vii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Jackson (Henry): 1750.f. vii Henry Jackson, of Sun Street, Bishopsga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1897
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 62114

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 121. British Library arrangement. A. Correspondence of Captain W. H. O'Shea, M.P., husband of Kitty O'Shea; 1882-1885. Partly copies. Presented, with Add. Ch. 75998, by Mrs Caroline A. Wright, 25 Jan. 1982. Consisting of: (a) two letters to him from W. E. Gladstone, Prime Minister, 11, 15 April 1882. ff. 1-4; (b) letters from and to Joseph Chamberlain, 17 April 1882 (copy by O'Shea), 12 Nov. 1885. ff. 5-8v; (c) letter from O'Shea to Charles St...
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includes: ff. 1-4 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: William Henry O'Shea, Irish politician: Letters to William Henry O'Shea from William Ewart Gladstone: 1882. ff. 5-8v William Henry O'Shea, Irish politician: Joseph Chamberlain, PC; MP: Correspondence between William Henry O'Shea and Jos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1698-1940
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 65487

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NOVELLO COLLECTION. Vol. CVI. Vocal and instrumental music; 1804-1841, n.d. Full, vocal, chorus, close or instrumental scores. Mostly autograph. ff. ii+74. Overall size 245 x 300mm. Vincent Novello's binding of 1847, numbered 399. 1. ff. 2-3. Charles Stokes: 'Hamlet's Letter to Ophelia', son...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1845
Extent:
1 item