Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] , [1794?] July 27.

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Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] , [1794?] July 27.

Discusses his intentions to use extracts from Spence's Anecdotes in his "Life of Shakespeare and in editions of Dryden and Pope-". Feels he can use the extracts as Dr. Johnson did, but cannot give a copy of them.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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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...

Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768

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Joseph Spence (1699-1768), anecdotist and professor of poetry in New College, Oxford, is best known for his Essay on Pope's Odyssey (1727) and his Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men (1820), published posthumously. From the description of Joseph Spence papers, 1649-1859 (bulk 1739-1768). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138266 ...