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Brotherton Collection12
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Autograph letter from Byron

16 April 1814

(1) Autograph letter from Byron dated Albany, April 16th, 1814, probably to Bernard Barton, reflecting on a life of 'imprudences and conflicts of all descriptions', together with a typescript transcri...

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Manuscript copy of the second Fourth Authorised Edition of Byron’s 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers'

1811

(17) Manuscript copy of the second Fourth Authorised Edition of Byron’s 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' (London, 1811) written in an unknown hand, with a frontispiece portrait of Byron. 1 vol. ...

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Autograph manuscript written in French of Byron's conveyance to Galignani

20 April 1818

(3) Autograph manuscript written in French of Byron's conveyance to Galignani of the right to print his 'Works' in French, dated Venice 20 Avril, 1818, together with a typescript transcription, some n...

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Autograph manuscript of Byron’s poem 'The Progress of Beauty'

September 18 1818

(4) Autograph manuscript of Byron’s poem 'The Progress of Beauty', dated September 18th, 1818, together with a typescript transcription, and some notes. 2 ff., conjoined (the manuscript), 2 typescri...

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Manuscript copy of Byron’s poem 'Inscription on the monument of a favourite dog'

October 30 1818

(5) Manuscript copy of Byron’s poem 'Inscription on the monument of a favourite dog', that is, his dog ‘Boatswain’, written in the hand of Lady Blessington, dated Newstead Abbey, October 30th, 1...

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Autograph manuscript of Byron’s poem beginning 'I'll linger near that font of water'

1818

(6) Autograph manuscript of Byron’s poem beginning 'I'll linger near that font of water' (1818), together with a typescript transcription, and some notes. 1 f. (the manuscript), 2 typescript folios ...

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Manuscript copy of Byron's poem 'Question and Answer'

1818

(7) Manuscript copy of Byron's poem 'Question and Answer' (1818) in an unknown hand, with two pencil alterations in Byron's hand, together with a typescript transcription, and some notes. 2 ff., conjo...

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Three autograph letters from Byron to John Murray

28 May 1821

(8) Three autograph letters from Byron to John Murray, dated Ravenna May 28th, 1821, September 24th, 1821, and Pisa March 31st, 1822, together with typescript transcriptions, and numerous pages of not...

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Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand
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Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand

1818

(19) Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand, written in Venice in 1818, with corrections in Byron's hand and a frontispiece portrait of him (54 pp); bound with a Frenc...

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Bound manuscript copy of the score of 'Music of Manfred' in the hand of W.T. Freemantle

1816

(20) Bound manuscript copy of the score of 'Music of Manfred' in the hand of W.T. Freemantle, headed 'Manfred: a dramatic poem by Lord Byron (1816-1817)’, set to music composed by Edward Loder (1855...

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Manuscript draft of stanzas by Byron on the death of the Duke of Dorset

13 February 1815

(21) Manuscript draft of stanzas by Byron on the death of the Duke of Dorset, probably in the hand of Lady Byron, with autograph corrections in Byron's hand, postmarked 13 February 1815, together with...

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Fragment of a Novel

17 June 1816

Sometimes referred to as 'A Fragment' or 'The Burial: A Fragment'. The original holograph manuscript accompanied by a more recent typescript. The story was the result of a meeting that Byron had i...

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