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Title
Essay (transcript), "On Love"
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Scribe)
Collection

Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

Series I. Writings

Prose

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1829 (Questionable)
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (PBS 0109)
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (MWS 0197)
Genres
Manuscripts
writings (documents)
Essays
Notes
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 488: volume VI, page 633
Content: Begins, "What is Love? Ask him who lives what is life . . . ." Copied in the hand of Mary Shelley. Simultaneously numbered (MWS 0197). Along with the original three-page printed publication of "On Love", detached from the 1829 Keepsake.
Date: Original date 20-25 July 1818; transcript date circa 1829?
Physical Description
Extent: 2 1/2 pages (double sheet)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17040453
MSS Unit ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1746905
Archives EAD ID: 3105866
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 16e967e0-4619-0134-dfed-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1822: Creator Died
  • 1829: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Essay (transcript), "On Love"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1829. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcb8d60e-4c11-51f9-e040-e00a180658c1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Essay (transcript), "On Love"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcb8d60e-4c11-51f9-e040-e00a180658c1

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1829). Essay (transcript), "On Love" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcb8d60e-4c11-51f9-e040-e00a180658c1

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Essay (transcript), "On Love"