GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 1 - Polidori Letter

1 volume containing 6 written leaves + 1 blank

GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 1 1841 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 6 written leaves + 1 blank Polidori , Gaetano , 1764-1853 , Italian scholar
Gaetano Polidori: born, 1764; secretary to the Italian dramatist and poet Alfieri; teacher of Italian in London; author of educational works; father of the physician and associate of Byron, John William Polidori, and of Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori, who by her marriage to Gabriele Rossetti became the mother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti; died, 1853. Publications include his translation of Milton, Traduzione delle Opere poetiche di Giovanni Milton (London, 1840). François-Auguste-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand: born at Saint-Malo, France, 1768; author and diplomat; among the first French Romantic writers, and a prominent and influential literary figure in early 19th-century France; died in Paris, 1848.

Presented by James Morris.

Manuscript, dated 1841, comprising a rough draft copy of a letter of G Polidori, in his own hand, to Viscount de Chateaubriand, announcing the despatch of Polidori's translation of Milton's Paradise Lost, followed by Polidori's copy of Chateaubriand's reply. Bound with an offprint, Louis Brandin's 'Lettres Inédités de Gaetano Polidori et de Chateaubriand', Modern Language Review, vol xi, no 2, Apr 1916.

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Italian and French
Paper manuscript bound in half vellum and marble boards. One hand.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Louis Brandin's 'Lettres Inédités de Gaetano Polidori et de Chateaubriand', Modern Language Review, vol xi, no 2, Apr 1916, gives the text of the two letters in full.

Sources: Dictionary of National Biography entries for John William Polidori and the Rossettis; British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sep 2001 Brandin , Louis , fl 1916 , French scholar Chateaubriand , François-Auguste-René , Vicomte de , 1768-1848 , French author and diplomat Literary forms and genres Literature Milton , John , 1608-1674 , poet Poetry Polidori , Gaetano , 1764-1853 , Italian scholar Translation

Presented by James Morris.

Manuscript, dated 1841, comprising a rough draft copy of a letter of G Polidori, in his own hand, to Viscount de Chateaubriand, announcing the despatch of Polidori's translation of Milton's Paradise Lost, followed by Polidori's copy of Chateaubriand's reply. Bound with an offprint, Louis Brandin's 'Lettres Inédités de Gaetano Polidori et de Chateaubriand', Modern Language Review, vol xi, no 2, Apr 1916.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

Italian and French

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Louis Brandin's 'Lettres Inédités de Gaetano Polidori et de Chateaubriand', Modern Language Review, vol xi, no 2, Apr 1916, gives the text of the two letters in full.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English