Harcourt - Hume
MS. Beckford c. 32
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Harcourt - Hume
Shelfmark
MS. Beckford c. 32
Summary
Includes:
(fols. 6-47) Sir Isaac Heard, with some bills for genealogical research, 1796-1815, n.d., fols. 6-10, 13-14, 19-28 in the hand of an amanuensis (usually G.F. Beltz) and signed by Heard
(fols. 51-85) Samuel Henley, partly relating to Vathek, 1782-6, with (fol. 75) verses by Henley beg. 'Let me ascend thy radiant car', 1785
(fol. 88-122) drafts and copies of letters to Elizabeth Hervey, some composed as literary pieces, 1777-96
(fols. 123-49) letters from Elizabeth Hervey to Beckford, 1789-97, including (fols. 123-4) Beckford's wrapper, watermark 1839, inscribed 'Letters from Mrs. Hervey 1790- [blank] clever and entertaining'
(fols. 154-5) one of Beckford's wrappers, with a number of pencil and pen-and-ink drawings and sketches
Date
1777-1839, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
184 Leaves
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Collection contents
Correspondence
Letters to Beckford
Harcourt - Hume
