Found 106 collections related to Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824

To Lord Byron, poet : 1 letter signed : 29 Sep 1818 : (B'ANA 0242) : from Venice : in Italian; body of the letter in a scribal hand; regarding his wife's brazen and immoral nature; imploring Byron to spare himself trouble by keeping his distance from her. Published with translation and commentary as SC 625 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 350f. less

To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and Genevese except Mad. Stael - who can't resist a little celebrity.". less

Margherita Cogni, "La Fornarina," a Venetian baker's wife with whom Lord Byron had an affair from ca. August 1817 to sometime in 1819. In an 1819 letter to John Murray, Byron details an incident in which Cogni, in a violent fit, cut his thumb with a knife, then threw herself in the canal. Cogni was illiterate; her letters to Byron were dictated to a professional scribe. To Lord Byron, poet : 2 letters : -- ?Jan - May 1819 : (B'ANA 0240) : in Italian, in scribal hand; an emotional plea for him to keep his promise never to abandon her. -- 11 May 1819 : (B'ANA 0241) : in Italian; in scribal hand; begging to kiss his hand before he leaves. Both letters published with translations, as SC 630 and 638, in Shelley and his Circle vol. VII, p. 359f, 517f. For an account of Byron's relationship with Cogni, see Doucet Devin Fischer's "Countesses and Cobblers' Wives," p. 198-205 of the same volume. less

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

Henry Leigh Hunt, English publisher. He was the son of John Hunt, the radical printer and publisher, and the nephew Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and critic. · To Augustus Applegath, printer in London : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Jan 1824 : (H'ANA 0066) : begins, "I send the copy from which to set up Werner, also the last vol. of Byron's Works, published by Murray, as a model." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 May 1824 : (B'ANA 0523) : begins, "We have paper making for Vol. 12 of Byron's Works, I wish to use the same for Werner.". less

Francesca "Fanny" Silvestrini, confidante of Byron's mistress, Teresa Guiccioli; mother of the children of Byron's steward, Lega Zambelli. · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" : 8 letters in Italian : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Nov 1819 : (B'ANA 0288) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [from Venice] : begins, "Tieni, mia Amica: eccoti una lettera del tuo Byron, del tuo sempre Amico ...." Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 644, v. 7, p. 546f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Nov 1819 : (B'ANA 0289) : 2 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Venezia : begins, "Jeri sera ho ricevuto una tua riga, ed ho portato tosto la lettera acchiusa a Mylord ...." Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 646, v. 7, p. 646f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Dec 1819 : (B'ANA 0290) : 2 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Venezia : begins, "Strassera ho ricevuto la tua dei 30. e portai come il solito l'acchiusa a Mylord ...." Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 649, v. 7, p. 574f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Dec 1819 : (B'ANA 0287) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Venezia : begins, "La posta non é giunta ancora, e fino a domattina non possiamo avere le tue lettere, forse le più desiderate da Mylord ..."; with an autograph letter in Byron's hand on the same letter sheet (B 0084). Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 651, v. 7, p. 586f. Filed under "Byron." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1819 : (B'ANA 0291) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [from Venice] : begins, "Adesso, adesso che suonano le 9. Lega ni porta il tuo Plico ...." Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 652, v. 7, p. 591f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1819 : (B'ANA 0292) : 1 page (single sheet) : [from Venice] : begins, "Inquietissimo, Mylord, immaginandosi che la sua lettera dei 7. nunzia della sua partenza per l'Inghilterra ti avrà più afflita che mai ...." Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 654, v. 7, p. 599f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Dec 1819 : (B'ANA 0293) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Venezia : begins, "Il ritorno del Corriere ci ha colmati tutti di consolazione ...." Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 655, v. 7, p. 603f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Apr 1820 : (B'ANA 0294) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Venezia : begins, "Cosa dirti, come dimostrarti la mia gratitudine, per il tratto della tua amicizia?" Published in full with translation and commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 726, v. 8, p. 939f. less

Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël, née Necker, Baroness Staël von Holstein, French-Swiss writer and salon leader. · To Ludovico di Breme, Italian writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Sep 1816 : (B'ANA 0777) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Coppet : begins, "[vous?] vis bien mon cher ami, vos intéresses à M. Polidori, le medicin de Lord Biren qui désirait que vous essuiez la bonté de lui donner des lettres pour des médecins à Padoue at à Pavie ...". less

Contessa Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi, the Italian writer; Byron once acclaimed her "la Stael veneziana.". · To Elizabeth K. Ingram : 3 autograph letters signed, in French -- 14 Jul 1819 : (B'ANA 0320) : on friends and acquaintences they have in common, including R. B. Hoppner, Contessa Benzoni, Lord Byron and Teresa Guiccioli. The Contessa tells Ingram of Dr. Aglietti's hurried trip to Ravenna, at Lord Byron's request, where Teresa was ill (the incident is described in Iris Origo's The last attachment, p. 79-80, without all the details provided here). Also mentioned in the letter is J. W. Polidori's The vampire, then attributed by some to Lord Byron. Published in full with commentary as SC 641 in volume 7 of Shelley and his Circle. -- 6 May [1820] : (B'ANA 0468) : repeating some gossip heard on the subject of Lord Byron. -- 25 Aug 1823 : (B'ANA 0321) : perhaps in the hand of an amanuensis; including, "On assure que Lord Byron est allé en Grece ... mais c'est de l'argent, et pas des chansons qu'il faut á ces braves gens.". less