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Autograph notes regarding Przemysław Mroczkowski's typescript essay "A lusty plain abundant of vitaille," [1957].

BIB_ID
324354
Accession number
MA 7958.2
Creator
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
Display Date
[1957].
Credit line
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2012.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Provenance
Sale (London, Bonhams, 22 November 2011, lot 182); purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2012.
Summary
Giving a detailed critique of portions of Przemysław Mroczkowski's typescript essay "A lusty plain abundant of vitaille," which is a critical review of the second edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by F. N. Robinson (London: Oxford, 1957). Remarking especially on the opening paragraph and generally advising Mroczkowski simplify his language.