Would like to borrow Leopardi's Poems.
By 'W. W.': William White?
Portrait in vestibule of Wren Library.
With information on George King, canon of Ely, d. 1831.
Re photograph of bust of Byron by Buonarotti.
Description of photograph of a marble bust of Byron taken from life, in the possession of Mary Pell; she inherited it from her father G. W. Bruen who met Byron in Italy. The bust is marked 'Firenze 1824', the sculptor's name Buonarotti.
Numbering of items begins at 77 and goes up to 139. Other numbering is crossed out. Items listed by source:
'Discovered at "Fox Hill Hole" near Orwell, Cambs., in 1872. Presented by William White, sub-Librarian';
'Articles from a Saxon cemetery at Harlton, Cambs.; presented by Prof. Hughes, June 1875';
'Presented by Prof. Hughes... discovered at Haslingfield'; various dates from Feb 1876-Dec 1878. Items found at Six Mile Bottom presented in Mar. 1879
'Presented by Lees Knowles Esq., Trin. Coll... found near Barton', Jun. 1878
'Presented by H. J. Washbrough Esq., 7 Gloster Row, Clifton... found in the Townfield, Maydon, near Bristol'.
Also items from Barrington, Colchester, Stourbridge Common, Sandy, Newnham Croft and Blagdon, Somerset with no indication of donor.