Research Catalog

Title

John Taaffe manuscript material.

Author

Taaffe, John, 1787-1862.

Publication

1822-1852

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Details

Additional Authors

• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
• Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873
• Battuzzi, Giacomo

Description

6 items

Summary

• · Holograph poem, Adelais : 10 Aug 1841-1 Apr 1848 : (S'ANA 1114) : 2 volumes : [no place] : 16 canto historical poem on Alice, sister of King Philip II of France and Richard I, her intended husband; begins, "Of love, the lady-of-the-bird & him . . . ." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 01).
• · Autograph presentation inscriptions in both volumes of a copy of his Adelais : 28 Nov 1852 : (S'ANA 1115) : from London : volume 1 and 2 with the following on the title pages: "To Adriana / from her loving husband / the Author / London Nov.r 28 / 1852." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 02).
• · Autograph signatures and notes in his nonce collection of Romantic poetry : [no dates] : (S'ANA 1110) : including the following: in Scott's Field of Waterloo (1815), a seven-line note on page 40; in Byon's Ode to Napoleon, 11th ed. (1815), his ownership signature on the half-title; in Byron's Poems (1816), his ownership signature on the half-title and a four-line note on page 38; in Byron's Siege of Corinth (1816), his ownership signature on the half-title; in Coleridge's Christabel (1816), his ownership signature on the half-title. Shelved as *Pforz A-RD 10.
• · Manuscript copy of the legal deposition of John Taaffe relating to the Pisan Affray : [post-24 Mar 1822] : (B'ANA 0297) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Pisa : in Italian, in the hand of Giacomo Battuzzi, secretary of Pietro Gamba; begins, "Io sottoscrivente giuro che essendo stato à cavallo insieme col Principe Turco ..." Printed in full, with English translation, in C. L. Cline's Byron, Shelley, and their Pisan circle, 1952, page 208ff.
• · To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Jul 1822 : (S'ANA 0167) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Florence : begins, "This moment I have heard the most frightful report with regard to Mr. & Mrs. Shelley -- that they have been lost at sea."
• · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0302) : 1 page (double sheet) : [from Pisa] : in Italian; begins, "Ieri mi fu impossibile di vedere il comandante della cavalleria." Relating to the Pisan Affray.

Subject

• Taaffe, John, 1787-1862 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Taaffe, Irish writer and translator.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

• 934724546
• 934724546

Author

Taaffe, John, 1787-1862.

Title

John Taaffe manuscript material.

Production

1822-1852

Access

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

Biography

John Taaffe, Irish writer and translator.

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Added Author

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, addressee.

Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873, addressee.

Battuzzi, Giacomo, scribe.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS