Title

Willem Bilderdijk manuscript material : 13 items, 1825-1831

Author

Bilderdijk, Willem, 1756-1831.

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Additional Authors

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

13 items

Subjects

• Poets, Dutch > 19th century > Correspondence
• Dutch poetry > 19th century > Manuscripts > Specimens
• Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 > Poetry
• Bilderdijk, Willem, 1756-1831 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet. Robert Southey visited him and his wife in the Netherlands in 1825 and 1826, and the two poets remained friendly correspondents for the rest of Bilderdijk's life.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

76805850

Author

Bilderdijk, Willem, 1756-1831.

Title

Willem Bilderdijk manuscript material : 13 items, 1825-1831

Summary

· Autograph poem, "Aan den Hoofdorichter Southey" : (MISC 1592) ; 4 p. fair copy of an ode to Robert Southey, in Dutch, ca. 1825.

· To Robert Southey, poet : 12 autograph letters signed : 2 Aug 1825 - 26 Jul 1831 : (MISC 1595-1606) : offering deeply detailed biographical accounts. The first letters date from just after the first meetings of the two poets, and the last letters portray a distraught widower dealing with the anguish of the loss of his wife.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet. Robert Southey visited him and his wife in the Netherlands in 1825 and 1826, and the two poets remained friendly correspondents for the rest of Bilderdijk's life.

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Added Author

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, addressee.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS