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O./11a.3/12
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Letter from Charles Eliot Norton to William Frederick Pollock
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- 18 Apr. 1869 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet.
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The letter was once given the reference 218.c.86.35, The trilogy; or Dante's three visions..., a translation by John Wesley Thomas from Pollock's collection of Dante material, donated by Juliet Pollock, his widow, in 1895. Probably originally in Pollock's copy of Norton's review of the English translation of Benvenuto da Imola, 218.c.86.62.
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Sends Pollock his 'little tractate on the Italian translation of Benvenuto da Imola['s commentary on Dante]
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Trinity Library, 218.c.86.62: A review of a translation into Italian of the commentary by Benvenuto da Imola on the Divina commedia.
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O.11.a.3/12
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- Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908) author, social critic, and professor of art (Subject)
- Pollock, Sir William Frederick (1815-1888), 2nd Baronet, lawyer and author (Subject)
- Benvenuto da Imola (c 1320 – 1388), Italian scholar and historian (Subject)
- Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321), Italian poet (Subject)