BIB_ID
116874
Accession number
MA 215.28
Creator
Taylor, John, 1781-1864.
Display Date
1820 Sept. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection, assembled by Richard Woodhouse, of letters and manuscripts relating to the English poet John Keats. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 215 for more information.
Taylor later endorsed the letter at the head "not sent."
Written from Fleet Street.
Taylor later endorsed the letter at the head "not sent."
Written from Fleet Street.
Provenance
Part of a collection assembled by Richard Woodhouse; by descent in 1834 to the publisher John Taylor; by descent in 1864 to his relatives, descending finally to his niece by marriage, Mrs. George Taylor of Bakewell, Derbyshire; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Frank T. Sabin in 1906.
Summary
Explaining the financial arrangements between the poet and his publishers, stating "whatever we print we run the Risk of, and if it does not answer the Loss is ours: whatever succeeds we deem the Profit wholly yours." Discussing the sale of the copyright to "Endymion" and "Lamia." Assuring him that "we have no selfish Ends to answer in encouraging you to write & publish," and wishing him a pleasant voyage to Italy.
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