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Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material

Title
Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material, 1877-1913.
Author
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Additional Authors
  • Axon, William E. A. (William Edward Armytage), 1846-1913
  • Bell, Mackenzie, 1856-1930
  • Clairmont, Pauline, 1825-1891
  • Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898
  • Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
  • Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908
  • Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
  • Locock, C. D. (Charles Dealtry), 1862-
  • Newman, Henry Roderick, 1843-1917
  • Rendall, Vernon, 1869-
  • Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946
  • Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919
  • Rogers, Benjamin Bickley, 1828-1919
  • Shelley, Susanna, -1920
  • Shelley-Rolls, John Courtown Edward, 1871-1951
  • Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881
  • Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
Description
60 items
Summary
The Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material in the Pforzheimer collection consists of writings and correspondence. Writings include: the holograph text of his Memoir of Shelley, as published in the 1892 Aldine edition of Shelley's works ; papers relating to his "The Building of the Idylls," an essay on Tennyson ; and over a dozen essays and works of criticism on Shelley or Shelley-related publications. The correspondence is dated from between 1877 and 1913, and mostly discusses Shelley scholarship. Correspondents include: Paola Clairmont, niece of Claire Clairmont ; Mary Cowden Clarke, literary scholar and writer ; E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer ; and Thomas James Wise, book collector and forger.
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Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
  • Additional Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material at the New York Public Library can be found in The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Biography (note)
  • Harry Buxton Forman, the English bibliographer, editor, and forger, wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary scholarship throughout his life, notably on Shelley and Keats, while maintaining a position in the Post Office. In 1886 Forman met fellow bibliographer T. J. Wise through the Shelley Society, and the two began to print spurious publications of works of famous authors, subsequently validating the authenticity of the books through their own bibliographic works. Their scheme remained largely undetected until nearly two decades after Forman's death, with the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
228504992
Author
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917.
Title
Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material, 1877-1913.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Harry Buxton Forman, the English bibliographer, editor, and forger, wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary scholarship throughout his life, notably on Shelley and Keats, while maintaining a position in the Post Office. In 1886 Forman met fellow bibliographer T. J. Wise through the Shelley Society, and the two began to print spurious publications of works of famous authors, subsequently validating the authenticity of the books through their own bibliographic works. Their scheme remained largely undetected until nearly two decades after Forman's death, with the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material at the New York Public Library can be found in The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
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Added Author
Axon, William E. A. (William Edward Armytage), 1846-1913, addressee.
Bell, Mackenzie, 1856-1930, addressee.
Clairmont, Pauline, 1825-1891, addressee.
Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898, addressee.
Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, addressee.
Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908, addressee.
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, addressee.
Locock, C. D. (Charles Dealtry), 1862- addressee.
Newman, Henry Roderick, 1843-1917, addressee.
Rendall, Vernon, 1869- addressee.
Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946, addressee.
Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919, addressee.
Rogers, Benjamin Bickley, 1828-1919, addressee.
Shelley, Susanna, -1920, addressee.
Shelley-Rolls, John Courtown Edward, 1871-1951, addressee.
Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, addressee.
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937, addressee.
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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