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Oedipus Tyrannus, or, Swellfoot the tyrant : a tragedy in two acts
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- Publication date
- 1820.
- Call number
- 22806
- Provenance
- With Locker bookplate. Manuscript inscription "bought 16 Dec. 1820 M.G." on title page. With an extensive note on the title page regarding the publication and suppression of the work. The note concludes that the publication was sent "from Pisa in Italy at that time the residence of Lord Byron, Shelly [sic] & other." The more scandalous passages in the text are noted with pencil lines in the margins.
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm (8vo)
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