Southey, Robert, poet, 1774-1843
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Incomplete manuscript, "The Book of the Church", by Robert Southey., 1824, or before.
File
Identifier: MS.42557
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is of the preface and of chapters I-IV, not all complete, of Southey`s work. It represents, therefore, only a small part of the published two volume work. The manuscript is arranged as follows : (i) [preface] : "The Book of the Church";(ii) "Chapter 1. Religion of the Ancient Britons";(iii) "Chapter 2. Religion and philosophy of the Romans. First introduction of Christianity. Persecution. First establishment of Christianity. ...
Dates:
1824, or before.
Manuscript of the title-page, dedication and preface for the "History of the Peninsular War" by Robert Southey., 1822.
File
Identifier: MS.42556
Scope and Contents
The manuscript has the following arrangement :
folio 1 : title page;
folio 2 : dedication to "The King", George IV;
folio 3 : preface.
The date of the manuscript has been taken from the preface which was dated by Southey, "Keswick 22 July 1822".
Dates:
1822.
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