Letter to Henry Colburn [manuscript], 1822 February 12.

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Letter to Henry Colburn [manuscript], 1822 February 12.

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The collection contains a letter from Washington Irving to Henry Colburn. The book to which Irving refers is Dominique-Dufour Pradt's "Europe and America in 1821." The translation was done by J. D. Williams and published in London in 2 vols. in 1822. The publisher, however, was not Henry Colburn, to whom Irving's letter is addressed, but G. Cowie & Co.

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Colburn, Henry, ?-1855

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Henry Colburn was a British bookseller and publisher, known for his assertive marketing practices; he issued works by William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Benjamin Disraeli, among others. Colburn also founded and edited the New Monthly Magazine (1814), the Literary Gazette (1817), and the United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine (1829). From the guide to the Henry Colburn manuscript material : 9 items, 1840-1841, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection...

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...