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. Vols. CLXXXIV, CLXXXV. Two notebooks containing the final part of the novel 'Jean-Christophe'; 1911-1912. Draft. French. Entitled 'L'Aube Nouvelle', but published in the section 'La fin du voyage' as 'La Nouvelle Journée'. See Cahiers de la Quinzaine, series xiv, cahiers 2, 3 (Paris, 1912). ff. 111, 108. 219 x 177mm. Bound volumes.
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 ...
