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Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1815.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, attributed name.; Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, attributed name.; Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.; Boyle, E. M., former owner.
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Title
Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1815.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, ca. 1815.
Byron's Note Book, ca. 1815.
Description
33 leaves.
Associated name
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, attributed name.
Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, attributed name.
Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851.
Boyle, E. M., former owner.
Summary
Chiefly extracts from reading. Includes some extracts from Shakespeare (Much ado about nothing, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Two Gentlemen of Verona), Samuel Johnson, Joseph Dacre, and Thomas Carlyle. Originally thought to be in the hand of Byron or his wife and given to Byron's sister.
Note
Pages cut, slightly affecting text. Watermark at end - 1801.
Binding information
Contemporary morocco lettered: "Mems"; in red half-morocco case, "Byron's Note Book."
Provenance
Formerly owned by E.M. Boyle of Philadelphia (Anderson galleries, May 7, 1919, 1428: 42).
Genre/form
Anthologies.
Manuscripts (documents)

Call number
M.a.5
Folger accession
cs819

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