Found 2 collections related to Querini Benzon%2C Marina%2C 1757-1839

Countess Marina Querini Benzon, née Chiara, Venetian hostess. · To Lord Byron, poet : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "sabato" [?after 3 Apr 1819] : (B'ANA 0369) : ¹/₄ page (single sheet) : [no place] : in Italian; begins, "ella scrive benissimo -- ti rimando le due carte ..." Published with translation and commentary as SC 632 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 364. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [?Nov-Dec 1819] : (B'ANA 0295) : ¹/₂ page (double sheet) : [no place] : in Italian; begins, "Io non ispero punto di ottenere il favore ..." Published with translation as SC 642 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 538. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Jun 1821 : (B'ANA 0370) : 1 page (double sheet) : from "Venezia" : in Italian; begins, "La comparsa del professore Legnani mi ha fatto un piacere infinito, perche mi portò le vostre nuove ...". less

George Gordon Byron, sixth Baron Byron, English poet. The Lord Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and various documents. Among the writings are a holograph fair copy of his verse drama, Marino Faliero; the original manuscript of Canto XVI of his satirical poem, Don Juan; and the holograph manuscript of "Fare Thee Well," his poem to Lady Byron upon their separation. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1818 and 1823. Correspondents include Teresa Guiccioli, his last Italian mistress; Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist, and literary critic; Thomas Moore, the poet and songwriter; Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet; and over seventy-five others. The documents include checks, a letter of credit, and a codicil to his last will and testament. less