Manuscripts

Besshi Dōzan Zukan : [manuscript]

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Description: Panoramic view of Besshi copper mine and the mountain in which it was located; information card accompanying material dates the illustrations to some time in the 18th c., though image # 13 of the scroll is thought to be a later addition, sometime from the 1890s; epilogue includes a poem by Hosui -- English translation included in card.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [approximately 1835]
Call number: mssHM 82857
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Dimensions: 6 x 32 x 7 cm
Associated people: Hirose, Hosui, (1828-1914,)

The Uruguay (a historical romance of South America) : the Sir Richard F. Burton translation, Huntington Library manuscript HM 27954

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"The Brazilian epic poem 'O Uraguai,' first published in Lisbon in 1769, caught the imagination of Sir Richard F. Burton during his service as Her Majesty's consul in Santos between 1865 and 1868. The great translator of the 'Arabian Nights' and of Camoen's 'Lusiads' saw in this poem a tragic depiction of the theme of cultural conflict so prominent in his own work. Burton's verse translation, both a faithful rendering of the original and a worthy achievement in its own right, is still the sole English version. This edition finally brings the translation to light...This edition is based on the manuscript now in the Huntington Library. It includes the translator's preface, his biography of Gama, and his critical analysis of the poem, along with the original Portuguese text. An introduction by the editors discusses the historical and literary context of the poem and relates the curious history of the manuscript, revealing new aspects of the life and thought of the most famous translator in modern British letters"--dust jacket.

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Arthur Leon Campa poems and letters to Louis Untermeyer

Manuscripts

Letters dated August 6, 1930 and October 31, 1930. Accompanied by Poems of the Colonials of the Southwest: typescript of four poems in Spanish, each with an accompanying English translation, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. With dating of the poems in the hand of the author. The poems are referred to in the letter dated October 31, 1930.

mssHM 41068-41070

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A prologue ; Epilogue spoke by Mrs. Price : manuscript

Manuscripts

The Prologue and Epilogue are two separate manuscripts, in different hands, still attached after removal from volume. A Prologue begins: "Tis not five yeares since this was a Sweete Place..." (2 p.); the Epilogue begins: "Our theatre alas is quite undone..." (2 p.). The manuscripts were removed from Bridgewater pamphlet volume 2/G 16 (HEH 133562-90) which was broken up for the removal of duplicates.

mssHM 83590

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Bible. Old Testament. Esther

Manuscripts

Manuscript on vellum scroll, in Hebrew (mssHM 40697), 5.5 x 120 inches; "Hamelech mesillah" mounted on a brass crown (Keter Torah). At the end of the scroll written in Russian: "In the name of God. Help. Quickly. Andre." Also enclosed with the scroll: a translation of this Russian note, sent in an envelope from California Institute of Technology, August 19, 1946.

mssDickinson

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Sendai Ishinomaki Chūsen : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Japanese picture scroll illustrating the casting of sen (past currency, roughly the equivalent of 1/100 yen); images include: breaking up ore, roasting, tartara bellows, etc.

mssHM 82859

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John Burroughs letter to "Miss White" and poem

Manuscripts

John Burroughs wrote this letter to "Miss White" from his home in West Park, New York, talking about his poem "Waiting" (written in 1862). He explains that the poem reflected his future philosophy of life. Accompanying the letter is a handwritten copy of the poem in Burroughs' hand. Both items are glued on album pages.

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Besshi Dōzan Zukan : [manuscript]

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