Shelfmark
MS 772
Author
Title
Ave atque vale : lend copy with proofs [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, [post 1867]
Physical description
8 leaves ; 33 cm.
Note
Layout: poem on one column; 18 stanzas (numbered); foliated by the author.
Note
Material: blue paper.
Note
Accompanying material: unrelated letter on financial issues signed by Baudelaire and addressed to 'Mon cher ami' tipped in (2 leaves); one hand-written letter signed by H. Spencer Swift? and addressed to 'Thomas' dated December 23 1913; one typed letter with envelope by Arnold Bennett (?) addressed to Geoffrey Madan dated June 19 1929; one parchment recording donation to Eton College in 1947; ms. noted on two leaves about the content and the provenance; picture of Swinburne loosely inserted.
Note
Signed by the author at the beginning (f. 1r) and at the end (f. 8r).
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 772
Provenance
The pages were originally folded and sent to John Morley in London; various stamps dated 'London Aug 22 1867' on the last page (f. 8v).
Provenance
In 1867 the manuscript was in possession of John Morley who, according to a ms. note in the accompanying material, gave it to the critic Joseph Knight. Probably through one of his daughters, the manuscript was acquired at some points by 'A. L. Marlow'. It was purchaded by E. P. Warren for £200 in 1913 and then sold in 1929 to Geoffrey Maden who kept it until his death. It was given to Eton College in his memory by his wife Marjorie.
Binding
20th century blue morocco; gold decorations in the turns-ins; five raised bands on spine with gold titling; marbled endpapers; three blue flyleaves at the beginning and end of volume. Stored in a black leather box with on spine 'Foreign Press Reports'.
Copy-specific note
Previously MS 250.
Subject
English poetry 19th century.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Morley, John, 1838 - 1923 former owner.
Added entry--name
Knight, Joseph, 1829 - 1907 former owner.
Added entry--name
Warren, Edward Perry, 1860 - 1928 former owner.
Added entry--name
Maden, Geoffrey, 1895 - 1947 former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B55314