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The castled crag of Drachenfels : autograph manuscript signed : "written on the banks of the Rhine" [Mehlem], 1816 May 11.

BIB_ID
81682
Accession number
MA 65.2
Creator
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
Display Date
1816 May 11.
Description
1 item (3 pages ) ; 24.2 x 19.7 cm
Notes
"To my dearest Augusta -- with some flowers." Augusta Leigh was Byron's half-sister.
"Drachenfels is a ruined castle on the highest point of 'the Seven Mountains' on the border of the river" (Byron's note on page 1).
Signed "Byron" at the bottom of page 3.
Formerly bound in front of Byron's autograph manuscript of The corsair (MA 65.1).
High reserve.