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Title

Julia, or The revengeful lover. A tragedy

Authors

• Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803

Call number

Ms. Codex 757
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2707273
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2707273

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

ca. 1787

Place

England

Summary

Incomplete manuscript version of Jephson's Julia, or the Italian lover, not identical to the text printed in London in 1787; this manuscript ends in the middle of Act IV, scene V.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. ii recto); subtitle "The revengeful lover" is written over an earlier subtitle, partially erased, in the same hand as the title and text.
   
• Title on box is Loyal Lovers.
   
• Note on the provenance, in pencil: "Formerly in the possession of Edmond Malone -- bought from A.R. Smith along with Malone's ms notes." [Malone is the author of the prologue to the printed play, not included in this manuscript.].
   
• Forms part of H.H. Furness Memorial Library.
   

Extent

66 leaves : 200 x 158 (181 x 147) mm. bound to 205 x 165 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 64 + i (contemporary paper); [ii], 1-45, 44-56, [57-60]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper center recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary half calf, marbled boards.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with some contemporary corrections in a second hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owners include: Edmond Malone (note, f. i recto), H.H. Furness, Jr. (bookplate, inside upper cover).
   

Subjects topical

• English drama--18th century
• English literature--18th century

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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