Desiderata : AMsS and broadside, 1873-[ca. 1914].

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Desiderata : AMsS and broadside, 1873-[ca. 1914].

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Manuscript (2 p.) dated 5 or 6 April 1873, expressing his expectation of a quiet, happy life, given health, sufficient income, and friends. Accompanied by a broadside version, one of 20 copies privately printed for A.S.W. Rosenbach [Philadelphia, ca. 1914].

1 v. (2 items) ; 29 cm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...