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Catalog of manuscripts from the Ashley Library, collected by and formerly in the possession of Thomas James Wise, purchased by the British Museum in 1937.
Author : British Library
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
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Catalog of manuscripts from the Ashley Library, collected by and formerly in the possession of Thomas James Wise, purchased by the British Museum in 1937.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Catalog of manuscripts from the Ashley Library, collected by and formerly in the possession of Thomas James Wise, purchased by the British Museum in 1937.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,77 MB
Release : 1999
Category : English literature
ISBN : 9780712345736
The Ashley Manuscripts Form One of the Most Important Collections of 19th-century English literary manuscripts in existence. Spanning the period from Coleridge to Conrad, with the emphasis on poetical manuscripts and the correspondence of writers, critics, collectors and bibliographers, the manuscripts were formerly part of the outstanding library assembled by Thomas James Wise (1859-1937), forger, pirate, book-thief and President of the Bibliographical Society. The collection is particularly strong in manuscripts of the Younger Romantics and of the Pre-Raphaelites, together with their ally Swinburne. Wise really started the practice of collecting the manuscripts of contemporary authors and was adept in seeking out the widows, widowers, children and step-children of the preceding generation. The lack of an accurate and trustworthy catalogue has prevented this marvellous collection from being exploited as it ought. Wise's lack of scholarship and of honesty, and his practice of dispersing related manuscripts throughout the collection, have made it impossible to identify the contents accurately. In this new catalogue, T.A.J. Burnett has described and indexed the collection in great detail and with meticulous scholarship, and has thereby made it more readily available to students of one of the greatest periods in English Literature.
Author : T. A. J. Burnett
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 1999
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ISBN :
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 19,13 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Catalog of manuscripts from the Ashley Library, collected by and formerly in the possession of Thomas James Wise, purchased by the British Museum in 1937.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Catalog of manuscripts from the Ashley Library, collected by and formerly in the possession of Thomas James Wise, purchased by the British Museum in 1937.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 36,56 MB
Release : 1999
Category : English literature
ISBN : 9780712345712
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 26,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : English literature
ISBN : 9780712345729
Author : Margaret Annie Eugenie Nickson
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
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Revised to coincide with the opening of the reading room in the new British Library building, this is a reference for anyone beginning research in the Department of Manuscripts. It lists the catalogues and other aids of the Department, including published and unpublished and those only available in situ. In addition, information is provided in this edition for those whose work involves consulting charters and rolls, seal, papyri and ostraca.
Author : British Library. Department of Manuscripts
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 1993
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ISBN : 9780712303262