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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.
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXC. R. F. A. Sully Prudhomme: poem 'Le vase brisé', included in a letter to ; 1888. French. Fair copy. ff. 2. 180 x 112mm. Poetry FRENCH: René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, poet: Poem 'Le vase brisé', included in a letter to — from René François Armand Sully-P...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCII. Lope de Vega: play 'La Corona de Ungria y la Injusta Venganza'; 1633 (see f. 54v). Fair copy, with revisions. Spanish. The licence to perform the play has been added at the end (f. 55). See Obras de Lope de Vega, Real Academia Española, vol. 2 (Madrid, 1916),...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCIII. Collection of poems entitled 'Admirez vous les uns les autres'; 1906. Drafts, including two corrected printed proof sheets. French. Early version of a collection published as La Multiple Splendeur. Zweig's note of presentation to him by the author, 1909 (f. ...