The romance of an elderly poet : George Crabbe's ten years' correspondence with Elizabeth Charter ; by A.M. Broadley and Walter Jerrold, extra-illustrated with the original letters, other correspondence, and related material.
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Type of record: Archive
Title: The romance of an elderly poet : George Crabbe's ten years' correspondence with Elizabeth Charter ; by A.M. Broadley and Walter Jerrold, extra-illustrated with the original letters, other correspondence, and related material.
Classmark: BC MS 19c Crabbe 2
Creator(s): Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date(s): c.1803-1913
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 vols and 2 archive boxes; manuscript, typescript, portraits, watercolours, and printed material.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8613
Description
Comprises the 1913 edition of 'The Romance of an Elderly Poet', by A.M. Broadley and Walter Jerrold, re-bound by Broadley and originally extra-illustrated with the original letters from Crabbe to Charter, verse, maps, watercolour views and portraits, together with correspondence relating to the publication of the 1913 edition, most of it addressed to A.M. Broadley.
The 2 quarto volumes are covered with blue cloth and bound in blue half-leather with gold-tooled lines and gilt lettering on the spines which reads: 'The Romance of/ an Elderly Poet/ a hitherto unknown Chapter/ in the Life of George Crabbe/ Revealed by his Ten Years'/ Correspondence with/ Elizabeth Charter 1815-1825/ by A.M. Broadley/ & Walter Jerrold/ [volume number]/ Extra Illustrated/ by the Addition of/ the Whole of the Original/ Letters and Many/ Portraits and Views/ A.M. Broadley/ MCMXIII'. There is blue marbling on the inside covers and endpapers of both volumes. The total of 96 letters have all been removed from the volumes and conserved in 2 archive boxes kept beside the volumes in which they were once held.
Biography or history
George Crabbe (1754-1832), the poet, clergyman, and writer. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Provenance
Formerly owned by A.M. Broadley.
System of arrangement
At the beginning of each volume there is a typescript alphabetical index to its contents, with page reference numbers.
Access and usage
Access
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