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Richard Garnett manuscript material : 20 items

Title
Richard Garnett manuscript material : 20 items, 1862-1906.
Author
Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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  • Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard), 1850-1928
  • Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917
  • Locock, C. D. (Charles Dealtry), 1862-
Description
20 items
Summary
  • · Corrections on printed proofs, "Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mr. T. L. Peacock" : [post-6 Mar 1862] : (S'ANA 0693) : substantial manuscript emendations on printer's proofs for his contribution to Relics of Shelley. The published text, with a few minor exceptions, follows the revisions.
  • · Holograph translation of T. L. Peacock's epitaph for his daughter : [no date] : (TLP 0048) : [on envelope recto] : [no place] : reads in full, "Earthly love speedily become unmindful, but love from heaven is mindful for ever more." Filed with Peacock's orginal holograph, under "Peacock."
  • · Autograph attestation signed : [no date] : (TLP 0067) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : six lines written at the foot of a Thomas Love Peacock holograph poem, "Farewell my son"; reads in full, "Verses in the handwriting of Thomas Love Peaock, apparently from an unpublished poem on some legend relating to Saint Katherine: see 'Gryll Grange,' passim." Filed under "Peacock."
  • · Autograph attestation signed : [no date] : (TLP 0132) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : written on front wrapper of a manuscript review on Nonnus, by T. L. Peacock; reads in full, "This essay would seem to be / by T. L. Peacock, / but the MS is not in his hand / R. G." Filed under "Peacock."
  • · To William Leonard Courtney, philosopher and journalist : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 May 1902 : (S'ANA 0967) : introducing C. D. Locock, who will be writing on Shelley.
  • · To Harry Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Jul 1894 : (MISC 0812) : alerting him to a listing of two Robert Browning items in an old autograph catalog. With stamped envelope, which is mounted on to a preliminary leaf of Browning's manuscript of Colombe's Birthday. Shelved under "Browning" with bound manuscript volumes.
  • · To Charles Dealtry Locock, writer and editor : 13 autograph pieces of correspondence signed : 1902-1906 [and undated] : (S'ANA 0965-0966) (S'ANA 0968-0978) : 7 letters, 4 post-cards, 2 notes ; some touching on Shelley-related interests.
  • · To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Jun 1880 : (S'ANA 0442) : saying that the trustees would not undertake work on the Byron volume, but he was sure "that an abstract of their papers, skillfully made would form a very interesting contribution to a periodical like the New Quarterly or Fraser's Magazine."
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862).
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
232362829
Author
Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906.
Title
Richard Garnett manuscript material : 20 items, 1862-1906.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862).
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Added Author
Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard), 1850-1928, addressee.
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917, addressee.
Locock, C. D. (Charles Dealtry), 1862- addressee.
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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