Commonplace book of poetry and drawings, 1830-1871.

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Commonplace book of poetry and drawings, 1830-1871.

Commonplace book of the Knightley family, kept by Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Mostly poems and drawings (mss. and printed) copied or tipped in, including verses by Richard Monckton Milnes, Sophia Selina Knightley, William Broomley Davenport, and several poems (1840s) by an Edward Fitzgerald (not the translator of Omar Khayam). Includes a printed copy of "Count Harold" inscribed "From the Author ... Edward Fitzgerald."

1 v. (ca. 150 leaves) ; 23 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7680386

Princeton University Library

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Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, 1809-1885

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Richard Monckton Milnes, first Baron Houghton, English author and politician. From the guide to the Richard Monckton Milnes manuscript material : 14 items, ca. 1841-1861, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Richard Monckton Milnes was the first biographer of the English poet John Keats. From the description of Letters concerning John Keats, 1794-1958 (inclusive), 1822-1895 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat...

Knightley family.

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Knightley, Sophia Selina.

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Bromley-Davenport, William, 1821-1884

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