Found 54 collections related to Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt, British classical scholar and publicist. · Holograph paper, "Hogg's 'Life of Shelley,'" signed : [ca. Dec 1888] : (S'ANA 0053) : 15 leaves : [from London?] : begins, "'That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world,' says Lord Macaulay, in speaking of Boswell, 'is strange enough. But this is not at all ..."; with a note in Salt's hand in the upper right corner of leaf 1, "Read at Shelley Society Dec 12 '88." Leaf 15 with stamp, postmarks (27 Jul 1889) and address (H. S. Salt / 38 Gloucester Road / Regents Park / N.W.) on verso. The paper was published in 1889 for private circulation as "An Examination of Hogg's 'Life of Shelley.'". less

William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and additions on a few of the versos; begins, "There is no one of the poets who lived at the beginning of this century, -- the greatest era of lyrical and narrative poetry in England, as the Elizabethan age was of dramatic -- of whom we still find it so difficult to speak without bias or prejudice, for or against, as Keats ...". less

Joseph Severn, English painter. · To Charles Armitage Brown, writer : 6 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1821 : (S'ANA 0058) : 4 pages (double sheet made folio size by pasting two sheets together) : from Rome : begins, "I have got both your letters - the last 21 Aug.t came 19th instant ..."; including, "Why my dear Brown, what sad affair is this? I know not what to say in it - except this - that you are the only one to write Keats's memoir ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1822 : (S'ANA 0059) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "Owing to my journey - and other unsettling [Bores?] - I have only just got your letter ..."; including, "I am just about putting up the grave stone to our Keats ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0060) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "I have just returned from the funeral of poor Shelley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1824 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Lavinia : begins, "West is a hollow 'impfiddle' with never a string to his bow ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1836 : (S'ANA 0062) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "'Tis plain that the further we get apart, the nearer we draw together ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter [signed] : 21 Aug 1838 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 19 Brook St. : begins, "Such a lot of things, but above all the love of 'filthy luck' for I am beginning my 5th peiture here - have prevented me writing to you as I wanted ..."; signature cut away, causing near-complete loss of postscript on p. 4. less

Henry Thornton Wharton, English physician, ornithologist, and scholar of Greek. · Holograph essay, "Note on the Identification of 'The Aziola' of Shelley" : [before 11 Apr 1888] : (S'ANA 0125) : 5 pages (in 6 leaf fascicle) : [no place] : begins, "In Shelley's charming little lyric, 'The Aziola,' written in 1821, but only published, in 'The Keepsake,' in 1829, the specific identity of the 'little downy owl,' Mr. Tegetmeier informs me, has never been made out in print." Published in The Shelley Society Papers volume I, part II, page 343, where it notes that the paper was read before the Shelley Society on 11 Apr 1888. less

Charles Norris Williamson, English writer. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliograpger and forger : 3 letters : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 3 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020f) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I am about to bublish some illustrations in connection with the Shelley centenary including some original drawings by Lady Shelley . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 4 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020d) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I am very sorry, but not surprised to find your letter just received that you cannot undertake the article on Shelley on such short notice." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020e) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I thank you for your letter just received, am glad that you can undertake the Shelley article.". less

George Edward Woodberry, American man of letters and teacher. · To J. R. Tutin, literary editor and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Feb 1893 : (S'ANA 0934) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from "The Players, 16 Gramercy Park" (printed stationery) : begins, "I should have thanked you a month ago for your kindness in sending me a copy of your 'Shelley Birthday Book' . . . .". less

John Joseph Powell, British barrister. · To "My dear Moyer" : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Feb 1877 : (S'ANA 0051a) : 6 pages (2 double sheets; 1 single sheet) : from 9, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C. : begins, "Touching the copyrights questions you sent to me some time ago I think the publisher has copyright in all the publications of Shelley which he has registered under the Talfourd Act ...". less

William Michael Rossetti, English art critic and literary editor. The William Michael Rossetti manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph drafts and notes for his 1870 edition of Shelley's poetical works, and drafts and proof emendations for the 1901 reprint of the Pre-Raphaelite journal, The Germ. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1883 and 1911. Correspondents include: H. B. Forman, bibliographer and forger; Elliot Stock, publisher of the reprint of The Germ; E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer; T. J. Wise, book collector and forger; and over a dozen others. less

Frederick Gard Fleay, Shakespeare scholar. · Holograph essay signed, "On the received text of Shelley's poems" : 12 Sep 1894 : (S'ANA 0014) : 52 p., in brown cloth folding case. At the end is a note written by Fleay to the printer. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelley, P. B.) 03. less

Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862). · Corrections on printed proofs, "Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mr. T. L. Peacock" : [post-6 Mar 1862] : (S'ANA 0693) : substantial manuscript emendations on printer's proofs for his contribution to Relics of Shelley. The published text, with a few minor exceptions, follows the revisions. less

· To Peggy and Flora Trevor, her nieces (daughters of her sister Mary) : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec [between 1844 and 1827] : (S'ANA 0234) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : with thin mourning border; begins, "This a time of year that every one aught to hear of their friends even if they do not expect it ..." Printed (with some minor omissions) and discussed in Shelley and his Circle volume 2, p. 889-891. less

Captain Edward Augustus Silsbee, American merchant seaman and Shelley devotee. · Holograph marginalia in his copy of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (London: Moxon, 1870) : ca. 1870 : (S'ANA 0761) : penciled marginalia in two volumes given to Silsbee by Claire Clairmont, with her inscription on the verso of the frontispiece of volume 1; Silsbee's notes marked with paper slips. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Clairmont, C.) 01. less

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English hedonist, poet, and breeder of Arab horses. He was the husband of Byron's granddaughter, Lady Anne Blunt. · 1 autograph note signed "W. S. B." : [shortly after 17 Aug 1898] : (S'ANA 0404) : ¹/₄ page (double sheet) : [no place] : written on the back of an autograph letter of Henry Child of Slinfold, Horsham [England] to Arthur Caffin, dated 17 Aug 1898; Blunt's note reads in full: "Letter forwarded to me by Arthur Caffin as to his grandfather having been at school with Shelley at Warnham." Child's letter begins, "I met today Col. Braburne intimate friend of Genl. Baynes, he says that he is quite sure that Genl. Mrs. Baynes would be pleased to meet Mr. Blunt Lady Anne show them Field Place ..."; also including, "[Shelley] went to school at Warnham with our grandfather Mills who I believe thought he was mad. Used to chaff him about getting his hair cut I expect." Tipped into Blunt's copy of Shelley's letters to Elizabeth Hitchener; shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelleyana. 07). less

· Holograph translations of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley : [ca. 1870's?] : (S'ANA 0989) : 27 leaves, in ink; 17 poems, including: "An den Mond" ("To the Moon"); "Lied" ("Song"); "Ozymandias"; "Stanzen, In trüber stunde bei Neapel" ("Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples"); "In den Euganeen" ("Written among the Euganean Hills"); "An eine Lerche" ("To a Skylark"); "Arethusa"; "Das Eiland" ("The Isle"); "Die Flüchtlinge" ("The Fugitives"); "Elegie" ("When the lamp is shattered"); "Klage" ("Remembrance"); "An die Freude" ("Rarely, rarely comest thou"); "An die Nacht" ("To Night"); "Vergänglichkeit" ("Mutability"); "Die Zeit" ("Time"); "An Jane -- Erinnerung" ("To Jane -- The Recollection"); and "An der Bai von Lerici" ("Lines Written in the Bay of Lerici"). less

Rosalind ("Dina") Hunt, née Williams, daugher of Jane and Edward Ellerker Williams, friends of the Shelleys. She married Henry Sylvan Leigh Hunt, the son of Leigh Hunt, and with him had six children. · Pen drawing with ink wash, "Shelley's Tomb, Rome" : [no date] : (H'ANA 0026) : 32 x 20.5 cm; mounted. Filed with SC oversized manuscripts. less

Jane Shelley [other married name St. John], née Gibson, Lady Shelley; she was the wife of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the novelist. · Holograph corrections, alterations and notes in Pforzheimer copy 2 of Hogg's Life of Shelley : [ca. 1858?] : (S'ANA 0894) : volume II only, with Lady Shelley's ownership signature on the title page, and Sir Percy's bookplate on the front paste-down; with manuscript insertions or corrections on pages 51, 53, 55-67, 77-81, 90-95, 100-104, 122-129, 134-141, 145-151, 175, 207, 211; and various lines and markings on pages 7, 8, 18,19, 165, 166, 211, 389, 500 and 508. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelley, J.) 01. less

Sir Percy Florence Shelley, third Baronet, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the novelist. The Percy Florence Shelley manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two holograph poems, "Giovanni at Putney" and "Song of Venus to the Ground Shark." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1862 and 1886. Correspondents include: Claire Clairmont, of the Shelley circle (his mother's step-sister); Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist and critic; Sir Timothy Shelley, second baronet (his grandfather); T. J. Wise, book collector and forger; and over a dozen others. less

Henry James Slack, English solicitor. · To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Aug 1888 : (S'ANA 0118a) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : regarding his collection of P. B. Shelley letters to Elizabeth Hitchener (now in the British Library) : begins, "I have no intention of parting with the Shelley letters ..." -- · To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "Thank you for your offer. If at any time I should be disposed to part with the letters I will let you know ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118c) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "There is a reason why I do not wish to part with the letters at present ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118d) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "There is a person still living whose wish, if such existed, I should feel bound to respect ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Oct 1888 : (S'ANA 0118e) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "I am extremely obliged to you for the handsome present of Shelley literature ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Oct 1888 : (S'ANA 0118f) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "You are too generous in giving me so many interesting things ...". less

The Shelleys of Castle Goring and of Michelgrove, in the county of Sussex, England. A collection of fifty-three manuscript legal documents relating both to close and more distant family members of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. Chiefly made up of large parchment indenture agreements, the collection documents: the leasing of land and homes (Wolborough Manor, Field Place, Castle Goring); marriage settlements; the granting of annuities; the 1791 settlement of the Shelley family estates; and a number of other transactions, dating as far back as the mid-sixteenth century. less

Stopford Augustus Brooke, British preacher and writer. His sermons reflected his liberal Christianity and social commitment. Brooke was also a lecturer and a literary critic. His English Literature (1876) is a primer which covers the work of literary figures from Caedmon to Shelley. Holograph address, "Inaugural address to the Shelley Society" : 10 Mar 1886 : (S'ANA 0009) : begins, "It has been asked, 'Why have a Shelley Society?'"; the address was privately printed in 1886 by T. J. Wise. Laid in is a note from T. J. Wise (S'ANA 0154). less

Robert Browning, English Victorian poet and playwright. The Robert Browning manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of his writings and correspondence. The writings include one holograph verse play (Colombe's Birthday), some autograph corrections of printed proof sheets (La Saisiaz and Jocoseria), and one holograph sonnet, "Tutti ga I so gusti e mi go I mii." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1876 and 1887 and discusses both his professional and personal life, and his Shelley related interests. Correspondents include: Sarah Anne FitzGerald, learned lady ; H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger ; Ellen Heaton, art collector and philanthropist ; George Barnett Smith, author and journalist ; and over forty others. less

Robert Seymour Bridges, English poet. He held the title of Poet Laureate from 1913, upon the refusal of Rudyard Kipling. To A. H. Bullen, literary editor and publisher : 2 autograph letters signed : 6-12 Nov 1897 : (S'ANA 0007)-(S'ANA 0008) : regarding a proposed critical essay on Shelley by Bridges. less

Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, playwright and novelist. He was highly prolific and counted G. H. Lewes, George Eliot, Robert Browning, and Charles Dickens among his friends. To a Frank Hoyt : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Sep 1884 : (S'ANA 0744) : admits: "Of course we all love Shelley the poet, but personally I have a less exaggerated liking for Shelley the man.". less

To Lady Shelley, wife of Sir Percy Florence Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jun 1871 : (S'ANA 0202) : in French ; concerning illustrating Shelley's works. Along with a letter from [Fanloss?] & Beeforth to Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 20 Jun 1871, in English, enclosing the Doré letter ; and a letter to Doré from his mother, in French, 31 Jul 1871. less

To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 May 1880 : (S'ANA 0247o) : [no place] : begins, "P[aula] C[lairmont] would not take the 30£ & so gave me the papers and the ahses. Ellis is to come in a day of two ..."; docketed in Forman's hand. -- Along with an autograph letter, in Italian, to Newman from "G. Cini" (S'ANA 0247f), mentioning a consultation with Paola Clairmont on a price for Shelley letters. "G. Cini" is perhaps Giorgio Cini, grandson of Lady Mount Cashell. less

Edward Bibbins Aveling, English Marxist campaigner and companion of Eleanor Marx. To Sydney E. Preston, Shelley Society secretary : 1 autograph post card signed : [2?] Apr 1886 : (S'ANA 0219j) : identifying an issue of Modern Thought containing an article on Shelley, thanking him "for admissions last night." From the files of H. Buxton Forman. less