Photocopies of Percy Bysshe Shelley's autograph additions to his copy of Euripides
Photocopies of Percy Bysshe Shelley's autograph additions to his copy of Euripides, comprising a rough draft of Autumn: A Dirge starting 'The warm sun is failing ...' and a poetic fragment beginning 'An archer stood upon the Tower of Babel ...', added in pencil on the front and back endleaves of the second of the three volumes of P.B. Shelley's pocket copy of Euripides (6 vols. bound as 3, Oxford 1811-1812).
Dates
- Creation: c.1820-1821
Extent
2 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
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Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Shelley adds. c. 13, fol. 8].
Shelfmark:
MS. Shelley adds. c. 13, fols. 8-9
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11936
Abstract
Photocopies of Percy Bysshe Shelley's autograph additions to his copy of Euripides
Biographical / Historical
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was a poet. Details are given in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The copy of Euripides now belongs to Eton College, College Library; photocopies given by D. P. Quarrie, 1986.
Subject
- Title
- Photocopies of Percy Bysshe Shelley's autograph additions to his copy of Euripides
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Bruce Barker-Benfield. EAD version by Harriet Costelloe.
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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