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Notebooks containing fair copies of the poems of Christina Rossetti

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MS. Don. e. 1/1-9
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From the same series as Ashley MSS. 1362, 1364, now in the British Library. Copied by Christina and other members of the family. The notebooks were used by W. M. Rossetti for his editions of New poems (London, 1896) and Poetical works (London, 1904); a few poems remain unpublished.

  1. (MS. Don. e. 1/1) 1845-1846, 60 pages.
  2. (MS. Don. e. 1/2) 1846-1847, 64 pages.
  3. (MS. Don. e. 1/3) 1847, 64 pages.
  4. (MS. Don. e. 1/4) 1847-1848, 56 pages.
  5. (MS. Don. e. 1/5) 1848-1849, 64 pages.
  6. (MS. Don. e. 1/6) 1849-1850, 64 pages.
  7. (MS. Don. e. 1/7) 1850-1853, 72 pages.
  8. (MS. Don. e. 1/8) 1853-1854, 72 pages.
  9. (MS. Don. e. 1/9) 1854-1856, 80 pages.

Dates

  • Creation: 1845-1856

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. e. 1/1-9, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don. e. 1/1-9

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 11405-6

Abstract

Notebooks containing fair copies of the poems of Christina Rossetti

Biographical / Historical

Christina Rossetti (1830-11894) was an English poet.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Maggs, cat. 504, item 1305, given by the Friends of the Bodleian, 1928.

Title
Notebooks containing fair copies of the poems of Christina Rossetti
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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