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The Esdaile notebook : holograph copybook

Title
The Esdaile notebook : holograph copybook, ?1808-1815.
Author
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.

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Mixed materialPermit needed *Pforz 559R 05Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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  • Shelley, Harriet, 1795-1816.
  • Shelley, Harriet, 1795-1816
  • Esdaile, Ianthe, 1813-1876
  • Esdaile, Eliza Margaret
  • Worrall, Lettice Annie Esdaile
Found In
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Description
1 vol. (183 manuscript pages; 140 total leaves, many blank); 19 cm.
Note
  • Contains fifty-six or fifty-seven early fair copy poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and one or two probably by Harriet Shelley. For a full transcription and commentary, see Appendix II of Shelley and his Circle vol. IV, p. 911-1062.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Provenance (note)
  • Harriet Shelley; Eliza Ianthe Shelley Esdaile; Eliza Margaret Esdaile; Lettice Esdaile Worrall (Sotheby, July 2, 1962, lot 288).
Binding (note)
  • Half-bound in original red roan and marbled boards; within quarter green morocco and linen clamshell case with gilt spine titling.
Contents
To Harriet ("Whose is the love"). -- A sabbath Walk. -- The Crisis. -- Passion. -- To Harriet ("Never o never"). -- Falshood & Vice. -- To the Emperors of Russia & Austria. -- To November. -- Written on a beautiful day in Spring. -- On leaving London for Wales. -- A winters day. -- To Liberty. -- On Robert Emmets tomb. -- A Tale of Society as it is from 1811. -- The solitary. -- The Monarchs funeral. -- To the Republicans of North America. -- Written at Cwm Ellan 1811. -- To Death. -- Dark Spirit of the desart rude. -- The pale, the cold & the moony smile. -- Death spurning rocks! -- The Tombs. -- To Harriet ("It is not blasphemy"). -- Sonnet To Harriet On her birth day August 1, 1812. -- Sonnet To a balloon, laden with Knowledge. -- Sonnet On launching some bottles. -- Sonnet On waiting for a wind. -- To Harriet ("Harriet! thy kiss to my soul is dear"). -- Mary to the Sea-Wind. -- A retrospect of Times of Old. -- The Voyage. -- A Dialogue. -- How eloquent are eyes! -- Hopes that bud in youthful breasts. -- Moonbeam! leave the shadowy dale. -- Advertisement. -- To Mary I. -- To Mary II. -- To Mary III. -- To the Lover of Mary. -- Dares the Lama. -- I will kneel at thine altar. -- Fragment of a Poem. -- On an Icicle. -- Cold are the Blasts. -- Henry & Louisa. -- A Translation of the Marsellois Hymn. -- Written in very early youth. -- Zeinab and Kathema. -- The Retrospect, Cwm Elan 1812. -- The wandering Jews soliloquy. -- To Ianthe. -- Evening-to Harriet. -- To Harriet ("Thy look of love"). -- Full many a mind. -- To Harriet ("Oh Harriet love like mine"). -- Late was the night. -- To St Irvyne.
Call Number
*Pforz 559R 05
OCLC
302106080
Author
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.
Title
The Esdaile notebook : holograph copybook, ?1808-1815.
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Provenance
Harriet Shelley; Eliza Ianthe Shelley Esdaile; Eliza Margaret Esdaile; Lettice Esdaile Worrall (Sotheby, July 2, 1962, lot 288).
Binding
Half-bound in original red roan and marbled boards; within quarter green morocco and linen clamshell case with gilt spine titling.
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Added Author
Shelley, Harriet, 1795-1816.
Shelley, Harriet, 1795-1816, former owner.
Esdaile, Ianthe, 1813-1876, former owner.
Esdaile, Eliza Margaret, former owner.
Worrall, Lettice Annie Esdaile, former owner.
Found In:
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Research Call Number
*Pforz 559R 05
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