[Letter] 1931 April 22, Hampstead [to] Sir Michael Sadler /
Wise writes to Sadler and advises him against buying a copy of "Queen Mab" (Percy Bysshe Shelley) which will be at auction next week at Sotheby's. He ennumerates a list of reasons why the copy must be a forgery. An infamous bibliophile, book collector, and forger, Wise collected authe...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Wise writes to Sadler and advises him against buying a copy of "Queen Mab" (Percy Bysshe Shelley) which will be at auction next week at Sotheby's. He ennumerates a list of reasons why the copy must be a forgery. An infamous bibliophile, book collector, and forger, Wise collected authentic first editions and letters, as well as producing forgeries, or creating counterfeit works by writers like Browning, Shelley, and Swinburne. He stole about three hundred leaves from pre-Restoration dramas from the British Museum. |
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| Item Description: | See also other letters in the collection from Wise about bibliographic purchases. |
| Physical Description: | 1 unnumbered leaf ; 18 x 23 cm. folded to 18 x 12 cm. Digitized and made available by the Lehigh University Digital Library as part of the I Remain project. |