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Creator
Taaffe, John, 1787-1862
Call number
*Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 01)
Physical description
2 volumes (iv, 480 pages; 350 pages)
Preferred Citation
Adelais / by John Taaffe, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Holograph manuscript of Taaffe's sixteen-canto poem on the Third Crusade, Richard I of England, and Alix of France (Adelais). The preface is dated August 20th 1841; a signed note on the front free endpaper of volume II is dated April 1st 1848. Inserted at the end of volume II are 11 pages of manuscript text on 3 double sheets.

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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