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Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Heinrich Schliemann touching on controversies surrounding his work : Correspondence

Title
Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Heinrich Schliemann touching on controversies surrounding his work : Correspondence. 5 Apr 1874 - 27 Dec 1879.
Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2020.
Physical Description
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AMDigital Reference: MS.41066.
1874, April-June: folios 1-21 [Note 1]; 1874, October-December: folios 22-29; 1875, March-April: folios 30-41; 1875, July-December: folios 42-47; 1876, July-December: folios 48-55; 1877, January-June: folios 56-106 [Note 2]; 1877, July-December: folios 107-158 [Note 3]; 1878, January-June: folios 159-175; 1878, November-December: folios 176-187 [Note 4]; 1879, January-June: folios 188-193; 1879, July-December: folios 194-219 [Note 5]. [Note 1] Includes press-cutting of letter, 1 March 1874, from Martin Haug to Heinrich Schliemann: folio 7; also note, undated, writer unidentified, but with letter, 10 May 1874, from Heinrich Schliemann to John Murray III: folio 10. [Note 2] Includes letter, 29 January 1877, from Smith, Elder and Company, publishers, to John Murray III: folios 64-65; also letter, 15 February 1877, from Friedrich Brockhaus to John Murray III: folios 70-71. [Note 3] Includes telegram, 5 October 1877, probably from Heinrich Schliemann [name incorrectly spelled] to Philip Smith: folio 138; also copy of letter, 6 October 1877, from Heinrich Schliemann to Charles Newton: folios 139-140. [Note 4] Includes note, 15 November 1878, from William Spottiswoode to John Murray III: folio 181. [Note 5] Includes letter, 25 August 1879, from Heinrich Schliemann, probably to Hallam Murray: folios 196-197. [Correspondence with Hallam Murray mentioned in letter, 25 December 1879, folio 216].
Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.
Reproduction of: Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Heinrich Schliemann touching on controversies surrounding his work Letters to John Murray, publishers, from Heinrich Schliemann touching on controversies surrounding his work, 5 Apr 1874 - 27 Dec 1879
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"Letters from Heinrich Schliemann to John Murray III, with some letters to Robert Cooke and with related letters and papers. The letters concern works of his published by Murray, including the English language edition of "Trojanische Alterthümer", and "Mycenae". Some letters reveal the controversy surrounding his work and his efforts to respond to criticisms, and also details of his continuing excavations."
Variant and related titles
Nineteenth Century Literary Society : John Murray publishing archive.
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Books / Online
Language
German; French; English
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March 29, 2023
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