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"Whose sight infects and poisons me ...", [p. 62]

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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The Cenci: a tragedy, in five acts

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The Cenci: a tragedy, in five acts, [Pforzheimer copy 5]

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"Whose sight infects and poisons me ..."

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Title
"Whose sight infects and poisons me ...", [p. 62]
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Annotator)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Former owner)
Collection

The Cenci: a tragedy, in five acts

The Cenci: a tragedy, in five acts, [Pforzheimer copy 5]

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1819
Place: Italy
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for C. and J. Ollier Vere Street, Bond Street
Edition: First edition
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: *Pforz 558R 18
Topics
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. Cenci
Genres
Drama
Verse drama
pages (components)
Notes
Content: Pforzheimer copy 5 : Shelved as *Pforz 558R 18 : Shelley's own copy with his holograph corrections (PBS 0313). Corrections comprise: (1). Page 62, Shelley has added a line to the list of curses that Cenci wishes upon his daughter in Act IV scene 1: speech ending "All beholding sun, Strike in thine envy those life-darting eyes With thine own blinding beams!" has been extended with "till she become an abhorrence, and..." (2). Page 69, "Runs freely" has been changed to "Runs freelier" (3). Page 71, "He is a wicked and wrathful man" becomes "He is a wicked and a wrathful man" (4). Page 97, typographical correction, "Sweet sleep, were death like to thee" changed to "Sweet sleep, were death like thee." -- Bound in modern brown crushed morocco, single blind rule to upper and lower covers, single gilt rule to cover edges, inner dentelles consisting of a floral motif. -- Autograph note signed from Neville Rogers to J. Stevens Cox dated January 5, 1969 laid in. -- Forum Auctions, July 14, 2022.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 29002266
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR1940274-B
RLIN/OCLC: 1940274
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13454911
Photo Order: PO 64599
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e5804ac0-1d7a-013b-ca5d-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1819: Issued
  • 1822: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. ""Whose sight infects and poisons me ..."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1819. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e630d460-1d7a-013b-afda-0242ac110002

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. ""Whose sight infects and poisons me ..."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e630d460-1d7a-013b-afda-0242ac110002

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1819). "Whose sight infects and poisons me ..." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e630d460-1d7a-013b-afda-0242ac110002

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