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Total number of records: 14803
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Top 10: People and organisations
People and organisations | Count |
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Sala, George Augustus | 428 |
Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 318 |
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | 298 |
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) | 287 |
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 280 |
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) | 228 |
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) | 207 |
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) | 165 |
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919) | 140 |
Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729) | 131 |
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Archive Print Collection:
BC 1890's
BC 1890's
1890s
Literary works published in the final decade of the 19th century. The collection also contains a small number of more recent works surveying the literary and artistic movements and ideas of the closin...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Disguise
BC MS 19c Disguise
Early 19th century
The original manuscript, probably autograph, of an unpublished early 19th century comedy. The identity of the author is unknown.
The play features characters such as Lord Montrose, Sir Charles Lu...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Ellis
BC MS 19c Ellis
08 Oct 1894
Unpublished volume of poetry by Frederick Startridge Ellis, who was primarily known as William Morris's bookseller.
This manuscript is primarily fair copy with occasional additions and revisions, al...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Barton
BC MS 19c Barton
1818-1848
(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Brooks
BC MS 19c Brooks
1867-1872
Each volume is bound in leather and embossed on the spine with gilt lettering: SHIRLEY BROOKS' DIARY, followed by the years 1867, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872 respectively. On the inside of each front cover...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Browning
BC MS 19c Browning
c.1820-1866
Vol.1: The anatomical parish -- Vol.2: The enquiry -- Vol.3: The journey to London -- Vol.4: Law -- Vol.5: The legacy -- Vol.6: The medium's ball -- Vol.7: The medium's progress -- Vol.8: The murder -...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Collins
BC MS 19c Collins
c.1860-1876
Comprises two poems: (1) My thrush; (2) By the fountain
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Dalton
BC MS 19c Dalton
c.1795-1824
Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Egan
BC MS 19c Egan
c. 1850
A historical drama in prose
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Hemans
BC MS 19c Hemans
c.1810-1835
Finely bound in blue with leather spine embossed with gilt lettering as follows: MRS. HEMANS. MS. - MUSIC OF YESTERDAY. Includes a full transcription of the manuscript.
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c De Quincey
BC MS 19c De Quincey
1837
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Marshall
BC MS 19c Marshall
c.1852-1881
Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...