Add MS 47883

SOUTHEY PAPERS. Vol. I. 'Madoc'; the second version, comprising one book and a substantial part of another, put into verse, summer 1794 (f. 2), from the original prose version of 1789 (see Add. MS. 47890, f. 193b). The 1794 recension was revised and continued to the beginning of Book 4, 22 Feb. -9 Mar. 1797 (f. 27b), taken up again, autumn 1798, and completed in fifteen books, 12 July 1799 (Add. MS. 47890, ff. 183b-184, National Library of Wales MS. 4811, no. 42). Southey took up the revision of the 1799 version 18-28 Sept. 1803 (Add. MSS. 30928, ff. 35- 36b, 47891, f. 5b), and after extensive additions and revisions (Add. MSS. 30927, f. 106, 30928, ff. 41b-42, 47890, ff. 33, 41, 183), 'Madoc' began to be sent to the printers, 14 June 1804 (47890, f. 197b), but revision continued until Oct. 1804 (Add. MSS. 30927, f. 107, 30928, ff. 46, 47, 47890, ff. 49b, 201) and the printing was finished by 18 Apr. 1805 (47890, f. 207). Copies of some of the additional material in the hand of Southey's wife, Edith, sent by him to his brother, Thomas, are now Add. MS. 30927, ff. 103-106. The original MS. of the 1799 recension was sold at Sotheby's, 8 May 1844, lot 3156, and the MS. of the final version, 29 Oct. 1804, was lot 3157 in the same sale, and lot 152 at Sotheby's sale of 11 July 1895. Paper; ff. i+27. Duodecimo. A.D. 1794. Bound in brown calf, goldand blind-tooled, circ. 1827, with title 'First Fragment of Madoc' and '1794'on the spine.

Robert Southey, poet: 'Madoc': 1794.: Autogr.

Poetry: R. Southey: poems: 1794-1834.: Autogr.