Item 10a.42 - 'Letters from Edward FitzGerald to Bernard Quaritch, 1853-1883, Vol I'

Identity area

Reference code

O./10a.42

Title

'Letters from Edward FitzGerald to Bernard Quaritch, 1853-1883, Vol I'

Date(s)

  • 1853-1899 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 vol., quarterbound in leather over marbled paper, c 220 x 180 x 45 mm: 122 letters, bills, postcards etc tipped in onto paper stubs; a couple of photographs and some printed sheets also tipped in. 1 loose printed card.

Context area

Archival history

Photographic mages of letters from this volume reproduced in Charlotte Wrentmore's 1926 edition of letters from FitzGerald to her father and other FitzGeraldiana show that the various numbers on the top right of letters themselves were already present.read more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Charlotte N. Quaritch Wrentmore, May 1938, 'in memory of her late father Bernard Quaritch', as recorded in the inscription on the first free flyleaf.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Most letters in the run Nos. 1-96 are letters from FitzGerald to Quaritch, 21. Apr. 1953-23 Feb. 1883. Letters from others have been described in dependent entries. Several letters annotated by Quaritch. Notes by Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore at severalread more

Allied materials area

Related units of description

A couple of other letters from Edward FitzGerald to Bernard Quaritch can be found in the Royal Asiatic Society Archives, reference BQ/3.

Publication note

FitzGerald, E., & Wrentmore, C. Q. (1926). Letters from Edward FitzGerald to Bernard Quaritch, 1853 to 1883. Bernard Quaritch.

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Preferred form of reference

O.10a.42

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