BIB_ID
103912
Accession number
MA 2662.1
Creator
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Display Date
1898 May 11.
Credit line
Purchased, 1968.
Description
1 item (126 p.), unbound ; various sizes
Notes
Appearing to be a draft written for Henley's proposed edition of "Works of Lord Byron," the first volume of which was "Letters," published in London in 1897 by Mr. W. Heinemann; the announcement for this volume indicates it is "To be followed shortly by "Verse. Volume I., containing 'Hours of Idleness' and 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers';" the first section of this manuscript is headed "Introduction," the second "Byron II. Proof to W.E. Henley, Stanley Lodge, Muswell Hill, N."
Leaves numbered 1-62 and 1-31, with additional leaves, several in another hand, inserted.
Leaves numbered 1-62 and 1-31, with additional leaves, several in another hand, inserted.
Provenance
Purchased in 1968 from Bertram Rota, Ltd., London.
Summary
Being an autograph manuscript of 126 pages, written on the rectos and versos of leaves of varying sizes with revisions throughout; being a commentary and notes on Byron's "Hours of Idleness" and "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers."
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (35.4 cm)
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