Autograph Letter, signed("Henry W. Longellow"), in answer to an unidentified recipient, discussing his (Longfellow's) translation of "Las coplas" of the Spanish poet, Jorge Manrique
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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Spanish language. His translation of it in 1833 became his first book (v. BAL 12054) and in this letter, written nearly a half century later, Longfellow wriites:
"...The lines you send me are from a Spaniish poem by Don Jorge Manique, on the death of his father.
"If you have at hand a copy of my poems, you will find there a translation of the whole piece under the [/title of "Coplas de Manrique"
"The version you have sent me differs somewhat from mine, and I think it is froma Review, of which the writer unknown to me ...".
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- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
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- Title
- Autograph Letter, signed("Henry W. Longellow"), in answer to an unidentified recipient, discussing his (Longfellow's) translation of "Las coplas" of the Spanish poet, Jorge Manrique
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- 1-1/2 pages, in ink, on a single sheet. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- 1
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, [Mass.]
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- American | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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- Literature;
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