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1. Ashley MS 1866, A1866, 1867, 1868, A1873, 5261

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Ashley MS 1866, A1866, 1867, 1868, A1873, 5261
Title:
'Bothwell': a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1868]-[1874]. Autograph drafts, and trial printings with autograph corrections and revisions. Included are a trial printing of Act I and the first half of Act II, Scene I, and fragments of a revise, the draft of the first two scenes of Act I from which the earlier of the trial printings was set up, a draft of the dedicatory sonnet to Victor Hugo, an autograph synopsis of Act V, Scene III, and a letter from Frederick Locker to Swinburne concern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1868]-[1874]
Extent:
6 items

2. Ashley MS 1867

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1867
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Scope & Content:
'Bothwell'. Fragments of the revise, with autograph corrections, revisions and additions; [1871?]-[1874]. According to Wise (Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 92) there also survived another, and complete, copy of the revise, containing 69pp., and covering the same portion of Acts I and II as the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1871?]-[1874]
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS 5261

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5261
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Scope & Content:
'Bothwell'. Autograph draft, heavily revised and with many deletions and additions, of Act I, Scenes I and II; [1868-1871]. In W. M. Rossetti's diary for 13 July 1868 (W. M. Rossetti, Rossetti Papers, 1903, p. 319) is the remark 'A month or two ago he [Swinburne] discovered that his MSS. of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1868-1871]
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 1866

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1866
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Scope & Content:
'Bothwell'. Trial printing, with autograph corrections and revisions, of Act I and Act II, Scene I, as far as Darnley's first exit (p. 109, l. 9, in the First Edition). No title page, no imprint. Collation: Octavo (190 x 125); B-E8 F4 Gl; 37 leaves; pp. 1, 2-32, 33, 34-64; ff. 65-69; $I (- D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS 1868

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1868
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Scope & Content:
'Bothwell'. Letter from Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton] concerning work by the latter on the revision of Bothwell for its projected performance; 18 Oct. [1875]. The letter was dated 1872 by Wise in his Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 93-94, but the paper, a single sheet folded to form two oc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct [1875]
Extent:
1 item

6. Ashley MS A1866

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1866
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Scope & Content:
'Bothwell'. Letter from Frederick Locker to Swinburne, concerning the first trial printing of Bothwell; 3 Aug. 1871. Accompanying the letter is the MS. of Rizzio's song in Scene I, formerly bound into 1866, an autograph fair copy, with revision of the last three lines, written on a sheet of writ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1871
Extent:
1 item

7. Ashley MS A1873

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1873
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Bothwell': a verse drama by A. C. Swinburne, [1872-1873]. 1. Synopsis of Act V, Scene III; [1872-1873]. Autograph fair copy, with an addition at the end, written on one side only of two octavo leaves of grey laid paper. No watermark. From the evidence of Swinburne's letters it seems likely tha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 item