John Taaffe manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Taaffe, John, 1787-1862", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· Holograph poem, Adelais : 10 Aug 1841-1 Apr 1848 : (S'ANA 1114) : 2 volumes : [no place] : 16 canto historical poem on Alice, sister of King Philip II of France and Richard I, her intended husband; begins, \"Of love, the lady-of-the-bird & him . . . .\" Shelved as *Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 01).</p><p>· Autograph presentation inscriptions in both volumes of a copy of his Adelais : 28 Nov 1852 : (S'ANA 1115) : from London : volume 1 and 2 with the following on the title pages: \"To Adriana / from her loving husband / the Author / London Nov.r 28 / 1852.\" Shelved as *Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 02).</p><p>· Autograph signatures and notes in his nonce collection of Romantic poetry : [no dates] : (S'ANA 1110) : including the following: in Scott's Field of Waterloo (1815), a seven-line note on page 40; in Byon's Ode to Napoleon, 11th ed. (1815), his ownership signature on the half-title; in Byron's Poems (1816), his ownership signature on the half-title and a four-line note on page 38; in Byron's Siege of Corinth (1816), his ownership signature on the half-title; in Coleridge's Christabel (1816), his ownership signature on the half-title. Shelved as *Pforz A-RD 10.</p><p>· Manuscript copy of the legal deposition of John Taaffe relating to the Pisan Affray : [post-24 Mar 1822] : (B'ANA 0297) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Pisa : in Italian, in the hand of Giacomo Battuzzi, secretary of Pietro Gamba; begins, \"Io sottoscrivente giuro che essendo stato à cavallo insieme col Principe Turco ...\" Printed in full, with English translation, in C. L. Cline's Byron, Shelley, and their Pisan circle, 1952, page 208ff.</p><p>· To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Jul 1822 : (S'ANA 0167) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Florence : begins, \"This moment I have heard the most frightful report with regard to Mr. & Mrs. Shelley -- that they have been lost at sea.\".</p><p>· To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's \"last attachment\" : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0302) : 1 page (double sheet) : [from Pisa] : in Italian; begins, \"Ieri mi fu impossibile di vedere il comandante della cavalleria.\" Relating to the Pisan Affray.</p>"}

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1822

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1822

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1852

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1822

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1852

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6 items

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{"value"=>"John Taaffe manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"John Taaffe, Irish writer and translator. &#xB7; Holograph poem, Adelais : 10 Aug 1841-1 Apr 1848 : (S'ANA 1114) : 2 volumes : [no place] : 16 canto historical poem on Alice, sister of King Philip II of France and Richard I, her intended husband; begins, \"Of love, the lady-of-the-bird him . . . .\" Shelved as *Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 01).", "generated"=>true}

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