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Proofs. Printed matter.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to trial sheets of printed matter that are checked against original manuscripts and on which errors can be corrected and alterations made.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Galley proof of 'The Vision of Judgment', by Lord Byron under the pseudonym 'Quevedo Redivivus'., ? 1822.

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Identifier: MS.43397
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‘Vision of Judgment’ by Byron was published by John Hunt in 1822. Byron had written the poem in 1821 and previously offered the poem to John Murray [II], who refused to publish it.

There are here two folios of galley proofs of 'Vision of Judgment' and give the author as the pseudonym 'Quevedo Redivivus'.

Stanzas 1-44: folio 1;

Stanzas 45-92: folio 2.

Dates: ? 1822.

Galley proofs of 'Don Juan: Canto III' and 'Don Juan: Canto IV' (to stanza 105), by Lord Byron., 1820.

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Identifier: MS.43395
Scope and Contents Corrected proofs of ‘Don Juan’ by Lord Byron consisting of:Canto III, stanzas numbered 1-23: folio 1;Canto III, stanzas numbered 47-70 and 21-46: folio 2;Canto III, stanzas numbered 71-85, 104-110, including ‘Isles of Greece’ stanzas numbered 1-9, and Canto IV: folio 3;‘Isles of Greece’ stanzas numbered 10-16, Canto III stanzas numbered 86-103, Canto IV stanzas numbered 1-14: folio 4;Canto IV, stanzas numbered 15-34, 55-58 and...
Dates: 1820.

Page proofs of ‘Ode from the French’, by Lord Byron, with annotations., 1816.

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Identifier: MS.43392
Scope and Contents Three sets of corrected proofs of ‘Ode (From the French)’ by Lord Byron. The poem featured in ‘Poems’ by Lord Byron, published by John Murray in 1816. It first appeared in the ‘Morning Chronicle’, 15 March 1816.Each set is annotated, with some annotations in the hand of Lord Byron. Frist set entitled ‘French Ode’: folios 1-2;Second set entitled ‘Ode from the French’: folios 3-4;Third set has a deleted printed title ‘French Ode’ and ‘Ode from...
Dates: 1816.

Proofs and printed editions of poems by or relating to Lord Byron, 1811-1818, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43390
Scope and Contents Part proofs of the first edition of ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’, by Lord Byron including title, preface, contents and errata of, with annotations, 1812: folio 1;Part proofs ‘Don Juan’s Expostulation, with notes by a friend’, by Lord Byron, with an annotation in the hand of John Cam Hobhouse, undated: folios 2-3;Part proofs of ‘Hints from Horace’ by Lord Byron, including title-page and half-title, with annotations, 1811: folios 4-7; Part proofs of ‘Congiura di Marin...
Dates: 1811-1818, undated.

Proofs of works probably relating to ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol.1’, edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge., 1897.

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Identifier: MS.43402
Scope and Contents The proofs here probably relate to ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol I’ edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and published by John Murray. There is an annotation on folio 1 reading ‘Lord Lovelace’s Proofs’ and date stamps for 1897. There are annotations throughout.Each folio has two columns containing text, each of which are numbered. There are some gaps of columns 9-48 columns 102-129. The columns numbered 102-129 can be found at Ms.43400 ff.1-14....
Dates: 1897.

Proofs of works relating to Lord Byron., 1897-1921, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43400
Scope and Contents The proofs here all relate to publications concerning Lord Byron.Proofs of ‘Hints from Horace’, probably for ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol.1’, edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge, with annotations by Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, Lord Lovelace, 1897: folios 1-14;Proofs of ‘Lord Byron’s Correspondence: Vol II’, edited by John Murray IV, with some annotations, 1921. The contents includes chapters VI-XIV and appendices A-C. These proofs have been bound with...
Dates: 1897-1921, undated.