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DOROTHY SAYERS. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS, CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO HER TRANSLATIONS, CHIEFLY 1950S

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6.000 £ - 8.000 £
ca. 8.008 $ - 10.678 $
Zuschlagspreis:
6.250 £
ca. 8.342 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 191

DOROTHY SAYERS. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS, CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO HER TRANSLATIONS, CHIEFLY 1950S

Schätzpreis
6.000 £ - 8.000 £
ca. 8.008 $ - 10.678 $
Zuschlagspreis:
6.250 £
ca. 8.342 $
Beschreibung:

Autograph manuscripts: i) autograph drafts, with numerous deletions and revisions, of her translation of Cantos I to XX of Dante’s Paradiso, c.200 pages, 4to, on lined paper, chiefly in ink (some stanzas in pencil), most of the pages annotated by Sayers at top left-hand corner with canto number, some creasing at edges, very occasional minor staining ii) autograph fair copy, apparently complete, with a few deletions and revisions, of her translation of Cantos I to XX of Dante’s Paradiso, 140 pages, 4to, on lined paper, occasional rust-marks from staples iii) autograph draft translations of passages from Cantos XXI to XXXIII of Paradiso, 23 pages, 4to, most pages annotated by Sayers with canto number, some creasing at edges, occasional minor staining iv) autograph lists of rhymes, 23 numbered pages, 4to, 4 pages written on the versos of earlier of disused drafts (letters, translations, lectures) v) file of autograph fragments and notes, including a lecture on Dante's reception in England (19 pages), an introduction to The Song of Roland (11 pages), fragments of translated verse (from Dante and Virgil), lists of rhymes, notes on theological subjects, Dante, Lucan, and Virgil, and a small notebook (containing names, addresses, and notes), altogether more than 100 pages, plus photocopies, mostly loose in four writing pads and one notebook, 1950s Correspondence: vi) Dorothy L. Sayers, 18 letters to Dr Lewis Thorpe (9 autograph and 9 typed), together with 14 letters by Thorpe to Sayers (a mixture of sent letters and carbon copies), and 5 further letters written in the aftermath of Sayers's death, principally discussing Sayers's translation of La Chanson de Roland, c.60 pages (c.35 by Sayers), various sizes, 24 Newland Street, Witham, Essex, and the University of Nottingham, 2 December 1954 to 7 October 1957; with autograph notes by Thorpe suggesting revisions to Sayers's translation, annotated by Sayers (17 pages) vii) Dorothy L. Sayers, 5 letters to Rev. Aubrey Moody (1 autograph, 4 typed), on the role of persuasion in art ("...Any work of art is false to its interior truth if it proceeds, not from the love of the work per se, but from an intention to manipulate the minds of the spectators..."), 8 pages, 4to, Witham, Essex, 18 October 1954 to 13 November 1957, with a later covering letter by Moody to Barbara Reynolds viii) Dorothy L. Sayers, 4 typed letters signed, to Cesare Foligno, on her scholarly and translation work on Dante, 15 pages, 4to, Witham, Essex, 25 July 1952 to 4 May 1955; with four additional letters and cards by Sayers and others, 1940s-50s ix-x) Anthony Fleming, c.60 letters (the majority typed), to Barbara Reynolds, and copies of 33 letters by Dr Reynolds, to Fleming, discussing his mother Dorothy L. Sayers, her estate, and Reynolds's work, folio, 4to and 8vo, 19 January 1958 to 30 August 1984; with a file of related papers and correspondence (including a bundle of Fleming family photographs), some creasing, staples removed from majority of letters

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 191
Auktion:
Datum:
11.12.2017 - 12.12.2017
Auktionshaus:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Autograph manuscripts: i) autograph drafts, with numerous deletions and revisions, of her translation of Cantos I to XX of Dante’s Paradiso, c.200 pages, 4to, on lined paper, chiefly in ink (some stanzas in pencil), most of the pages annotated by Sayers at top left-hand corner with canto number, some creasing at edges, very occasional minor staining ii) autograph fair copy, apparently complete, with a few deletions and revisions, of her translation of Cantos I to XX of Dante’s Paradiso, 140 pages, 4to, on lined paper, occasional rust-marks from staples iii) autograph draft translations of passages from Cantos XXI to XXXIII of Paradiso, 23 pages, 4to, most pages annotated by Sayers with canto number, some creasing at edges, occasional minor staining iv) autograph lists of rhymes, 23 numbered pages, 4to, 4 pages written on the versos of earlier of disused drafts (letters, translations, lectures) v) file of autograph fragments and notes, including a lecture on Dante's reception in England (19 pages), an introduction to The Song of Roland (11 pages), fragments of translated verse (from Dante and Virgil), lists of rhymes, notes on theological subjects, Dante, Lucan, and Virgil, and a small notebook (containing names, addresses, and notes), altogether more than 100 pages, plus photocopies, mostly loose in four writing pads and one notebook, 1950s Correspondence: vi) Dorothy L. Sayers, 18 letters to Dr Lewis Thorpe (9 autograph and 9 typed), together with 14 letters by Thorpe to Sayers (a mixture of sent letters and carbon copies), and 5 further letters written in the aftermath of Sayers's death, principally discussing Sayers's translation of La Chanson de Roland, c.60 pages (c.35 by Sayers), various sizes, 24 Newland Street, Witham, Essex, and the University of Nottingham, 2 December 1954 to 7 October 1957; with autograph notes by Thorpe suggesting revisions to Sayers's translation, annotated by Sayers (17 pages) vii) Dorothy L. Sayers, 5 letters to Rev. Aubrey Moody (1 autograph, 4 typed), on the role of persuasion in art ("...Any work of art is false to its interior truth if it proceeds, not from the love of the work per se, but from an intention to manipulate the minds of the spectators..."), 8 pages, 4to, Witham, Essex, 18 October 1954 to 13 November 1957, with a later covering letter by Moody to Barbara Reynolds viii) Dorothy L. Sayers, 4 typed letters signed, to Cesare Foligno, on her scholarly and translation work on Dante, 15 pages, 4to, Witham, Essex, 25 July 1952 to 4 May 1955; with four additional letters and cards by Sayers and others, 1940s-50s ix-x) Anthony Fleming, c.60 letters (the majority typed), to Barbara Reynolds, and copies of 33 letters by Dr Reynolds, to Fleming, discussing his mother Dorothy L. Sayers, her estate, and Reynolds's work, folio, 4to and 8vo, 19 January 1958 to 30 August 1984; with a file of related papers and correspondence (including a bundle of Fleming family photographs), some creasing, staples removed from majority of letters

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 191
Auktion:
Datum:
11.12.2017 - 12.12.2017
Auktionshaus:
Sotheby's
London
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