Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Description
7 items
Summary
· Autograph annotations on a letter to Furnivall from Percy Florence Shelley : 19 Sep 1886 : (S'ANA 0084) : on pages 1 and 2 of double sheet; filed under "Percy Florence Shelley."
· To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 May 1861 : (S'ANA 0907) : begins, "Mr. H. H. Gibbs of St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park, N.W., offers to lend you the Lives of the Saints (Roxb. Club) 1443 & the Reliquae Antiquae, to read for us."
· To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 May 1866 : (S'ANA 0908) : begins, "This is to return thanks to Mrs. Peacock for her Stephens extracts." Also mentions plans to borrow an "Owl & Nightengale" manuscript from Jesus College. On mourning stationery.
· To "Dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Apr 1875 : (MISC 2235) : offering to send copies of his preface, of the prospectus of the New Shakespeare Society.
· To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 3 pieces of correspondence : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Apr 1886 : (S'ANA 0025-01) : on various matters of Shelley scholarship and a Shelley Society event. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1886 : (S'ANA 0025-02) : more on the Shelley Society event. -- 1 autograph post card signed : 19 Apr 1892 : (S'ANA 0025-08) : confirming Dr. John Scott, "shot by mistake in a duel in 1821," as the reviewer of Shelley's Cenci in the London Magazine in 1820. All three items from the files of H. B. Forman.