Malone Papers

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 Malone 1046-58; MSS. Malone 29, 38-9, 43
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th-19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 17 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Manuscripts of Edmund Malone, including:

  • Letters and papers, 1792-1811
  • Notes and extracts, 18th century
  • A copy of the greater part of Malone's edition of the Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare (London 1790), bound in 13 volumes and interleaved, with many manuscript notes and papers written by Malone

Administrative / Biographical History

Edmund Malone (1741-1812) was a critic and author. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The manuscripts were purchased from Thomas Rodd, the London bookseller, in 1838.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 28441-58.

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