Leeds University Library
Elliott Collection MS Rolfe
Autograph manuscript of Don Tarquinio by Frederick Rolfe, and a commonplace book compiled by him, together with a letter
1904-1906
Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860-1913
2 vols and 1 letter (2 ff. conjoined); manuscript.
Item (1) is held in a custom-made box covered in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 'Don Tarquinio/ Fr Rolfe'. (2) is kept inside a transparent plastic folder. (3) is also held in a custom-made box covered in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 'Fr Rolf/ Manuscript Commonplace Book'.
English
Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913), the English novelist and eccentric, who was better known by his assumed name 'Baron Corvo'. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography.
Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph manuscript of a revised version of
Don Tarquinio [1904]; (2) Autograph letter of Rolfe to Father Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, 10 February 1906, held with a printed version of the same letter (1960); and (3) Autograph manuscript commonplace book compiled by Rolfe.
The gift of Fay and Geoffrey Elliott, 2002, supplemented by a later purchase (item 3) in 2003.
Access is unrestricted.
In English.
The Rolfe section of the Elliott Collection also contains printed items, which are catalogued separately.
The Rolfe items, both manuscript and printed, are described in greater detail in the Library's handlist of the Fay and Geoffrey Elliott Collection (handlist 148)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/handlists/148Elliott.pdf
Rolfe
Frederick William
1860-1913
Beauclerk
Sidney de Vere
Letters
20th century
English fiction
20th century
Commonplace-books
20th century