Manuscripts

Hamlet restor'd

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Description: An unfinished piece of mock criticism intended to ridicule the work of contemporary Shakespearean commentators. This manuscript has been bound into a dummy volume of 106 leaves, the majority of the volume is blank; front cover is loose and spine is damaged.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1780.
Call number: mssHM 589
Creator: Devonshire, William Cavendish (1748-1811)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of August 1935.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Hamlet

Manuscripts

A 19th century autograph copy; the end of Act 5 is missing. Spine is damaged, with heavy water damage and loose pages.

mssHM 1061

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Britanniae Romanorum: manuscript

Manuscripts

An unfinished dictionary of persons, places, etc. associated with Roman Britain (entries A through C only), followed by working notes and extracts from other sources; with additional notes, in another hand, on medieval England. The manuscript is undated. Volume 1 is 351 pages. Volume 2 is 273 pages.

mssHM 154

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Lamb, Charbles. The letters of Charles Lamb : newly arranged, with additions / edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Ainger (Boston: R.H. Hinkley Company)

Manuscripts

Spine title: The Works of Charles Lamb Edmonton Edition X : Letters Volume II Dummy with blue hand-painted covers, Japan vellum paper; containing printed title page, front matter, and pages [1]-275 (Chapter II-continued); with uncut pages. With stamp "Printer's Copy: Not in Edition."

mssMerrymount

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Transcript of the Ship Money Case: manuscript

Manuscripts

Proceedings of the "Ship Money Case." Spine of volume is very fragile.

mssHM 728

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A Collection of Poems & Ballads in ridicule of the Parliamty Party during the Quarrel with Ch: I

Manuscripts

The binding is stamped with the crest of Edward Conway, Viscount Conway of Conway Castle (1594-1655). Volume spine is damaged, front cover is loose; volume is accompanied by typewritten notes.

mssHM 16522

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Fitzgerald, Edward. The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward Fitzgerald (New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1902)

Manuscripts

Spine title: Complete Works of Edward Fitzgerald, Vol. II Dummy with blank pages containing pasted pages of printed text from Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859 Bernard Quaritch edition); pencil notes indicating text placement; and inserted page 10 of "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" with note, "Trial page showing how autograph corrections have been indicated. There are no such corrections in the first volume, but a number occur later on."

mssMerrymount

Hamlet restor'd

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