Autograph letters from Edmund Malone to Dr. Charles Burney the elder and younger [manuscript], 1789-1811.

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Autograph letters from Edmund Malone to Dr. Charles Burney the elder and younger [manuscript], 1789-1811.

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Twenty-four letters, thirteen to the Elder Burney, eleven to the Younger. A number of those to the Elder are on musicological subjects. Samuel Johnson is mentioned in several letters. One gives a detailed description of the Trinity College Dublin examinations for fellowships. Laid in with the letters is a description of the collection, also a list giving dates, addressees, and principal subject matter.

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Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

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Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. He is the brother of Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscript material : 1 item, 1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. From the description of Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscri...

Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)

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Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812

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Edmond Malone, Irish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069871 From the guide to the Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text and chronology of Shake...

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

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Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...

Malone, Edmund, 1741-1812

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...