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STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCV. Collection of poems 'Fêtes Galantes'; circa 1869. Fair copies and drafts, including two printed proofs. French. See P. Verlaine, Oeuvres Poétiques Complètes, ed. Y. G. Le Dantec (Paris, 1962), pp. 107-121. ff. 31. Binding of red morocco, gold-tooled by E. A....
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCVI. 'Voyage d'un Français en France'; [1880]. Draft fragment. French. See P. Verlaine, Oeuvres en Prose Complètes, ed. J. Borel (Paris, 1972), pp. 993-1046. Presentation inscription of Ernest Delahaye to Zweig (f. 1). f. 1. 220 x 175mm. Paul Verlaine, poet: 'V...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCVII. Jules Verne: letter to Charles Carter, Captain of the Mayfly at St. Malo; n.d. French. ff. 2. 134 x 104mm. Jules Verne, author: Charles Carter, captain of the 'Mayfly': Letter to Charles Carter from Jules Verne: n.d: Fr.
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXCIX. Oscar Wilde: poem 'In the Gold Room'; [1881]. Draft. First published among 'Flowers of Gold' in Wilde's Poems (1881). See The Poems of Oscar Wilde (1908), p. 159. f. 1. 259 x 206mm. Poetry ENGLISH: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Poem 'In the...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CC. Reformatoren-Gedenkbuch; 1542. German and Latin. Album with entries by Reformers and others, including Martin Luther, Johannes Bugenhagen, Philipp Melanchthon and Caspar Creutziger. The volume also includes a letter of 1554 from Philipp Melanchthon to Theodor Fa...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CCI. Miguel de Cervantes: El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote De La Mancha (Madrid: Por Iuan de la Cuesta; vendese en casa de Francisco de Robles, 1605). Printed. Including the Privilege dated 26 Sept. and the Tassa dated 20 Dec. 1604, together with the Privilege for P...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CCIII. Les Simulachres & historiees faces de la Mort (Lyon, Soubz l'escu de Coloigne: [Melchior et Gaspar Trechsel fratres], 1538). Printed. Containing Holbein's 'Dance of Death' designs. Bookplate 'From the Library of John Charrington, The Grange, Shenley'. G...
Stefan Zweig Collection: Giorgio Vasari: account of the life of the painter Luca Signorelli
Scope & Content:
Incomplete copy from Le Vite dei piu Eccellente Architetti, Pittori e Scultori Italiani (1550). Italian. With a typewritten English translation (ff. 3-7), and the relevant pages removed from a later printed edition (ff. 8-11). Presented by the Trustees of the Stefan Zweig Collection, 27 Sept. 19...