Proofs. printed matter.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Corrected page proofs of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV', by Lord Byron, with related material., 1818-1921.
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Identifier: MS.43393
Scope and Contents
There are here three sets of proofs for Canto IV of ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ bound together for, with notes and annotations.Two notes relating to the proofs, stating that one set was sent to Venice and contains the notes of William Gifford and Lord Byron: folios i-ii;First set of proofs of Canto IV of ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ containing stanzas I-the beginning of LXXXII, with notes and annotations including some of Lord Byron: folios 1-24;Second...
Dates:
1818-1921.
Correspondence and other material relating to the article 'True history of Lady Byron's life', in the 'Atlantic', by Harriet Beecher-Stowe., 1869-1870, 1909.
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Identifier: MS.43539
Scope and Contents
Correspondence has been placed in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, before related manuscripts, pamphlets and other printed material. A copy of ‘True story of Lord and Lady Byron’ has been placed with original pagination at the end of the sequence.Letter of Charles Dickens to John Murray [III], 1869: folios 1-2;Letters of Louisa Anne Emily Ellis, Baroness Seaford, to John Murray [III], 1870: folios 3-6;Letters of Whitwell Elwin to John Murray...
Dates:
1869-1870, 1909.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and other material concerning publications relating to Lord Byron after his death.
Manuscript of John Cam Hobhouse concerning the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron; with related letters., 1824-1869.
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Identifier: MS.43534
Scope and Contents
Following the death of Lord Byron in April 1824, various interested parties met at the house of John Murray on 17th May of that year. These included John Murray [II], Thomas Moore, John Cam Hobhouse and representatives of both Lady Byron and Augusta Leigh. After a discussion, the group decided that the manuscript containing the memoirs of Lord Byron should be burned and they proceeded to do so in the drawing room fireplace. This act caused great controversy and the items in this folder...
Dates:
1824-1869.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Page proofs of 'Don Juan: Cantos I and II' by Lord Byron, with corrections by John Cam Hobhouse and Lord Byron., 1819, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43394
Scope and Contents
The volume here contains proofs, 1819, for Cantos I and II of ‘Don Juan’ as follows:Notes relating to the proofs: folios 1-2;Proofs of the supressed Dedication stanzas I-XII: folios 3-6;Proofs of Canto I, stanzas numbered I-CCXVII with notes, additions and corrections by Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse: folios 7-43;Proofs of Canto I, stanzas numbered LIV-LXXI with annotations: folios 44-46;Proofs of Canto I, stanzas numbered...
Dates:
1819, undated.
Page proofs of 'Extrait de l’Histoire de la Republique de Venise' and 'Extrait de l’Histoire des Republiques Italiennes'; with annotations and a note of Lord Byron, ? 1821.
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Identifier: MS.43404
Scope and Contents
These proofs relate to the appendices Lord Byron added to his play, ‘The Two Foscari’. The play was written in the summer of 1821 and published with ‘Cain’ and ‘Sardanapalus’ by John Murray in the December of the same year.
Galley proofs of ‘Extrait de l’histoire de la Republique de Venise’, with corrections possibly of Byron: folios 1-2;Page proofs of ‘Extrait de l’historie de la Republique de Venise’, with pencil corrections in an unknown hand: folios 3-11;...
Dates:
? 1821.
Proofs of 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers', by Lord Byron., 1808.
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Identifier: MS.43389
Scope and Contents
Contains some annotations in the hand of Lord Byron.
Dates:
1808.
Proofs of various poems and letters of Lord Byron, with annotations., 1820-1822.
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Identifier: MS.43396
Scope and Contents
Annotated proof of printed letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II] published in later editions of ‘Cain’, 1822,: folio 1;Annotated galley proof of preface and dedication to Sir Walter Scott of ‘Cain’ by Lord Byron, published by John Murray, 1821: folio 2;Annotated galley proof of second letter of Lord Byron to John Murray [II] relating to William Lisle Bowles and Alexander Pope, 25 March 1821: folios 3-4;Annotated galley proof of ‘Some Observations upon...
Dates:
1820-1822.
Proofs of works relating to 'Lord Byron's correspondence'; with manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh and related items., 1890-1922, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43401
Scope and Contents
The proofs here all relate to publications concerning Lord Byron. The proofs have been placed in chronological order. Additional related material has been added to the end of the sequence.Galley proofs headed ‘Byron – Letters V’ showing letters of Byron to Augusta Leigh, with annotations including some in the hand of Charlotte Carleton, Lady Dorchester, and later annotations of John Murray VI, 1890, undated: folios 1-8;Proofs of ‘Lord Byron’s Correspondence: Vol I’,...
Dates:
1890-1922, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Proofs and printed items relating to works by Lord Byron, his circle and biographers.
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Proofs of works relating to Lord Byron and published by John Murray.