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W. S. Lewis Collection of Marie du Deffand

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 11
Abstract: The W. S. Lewis Collection of Marie du Deffand contains correspondence and other papers created, owned by, or relating to Marie Anne de Vichy Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697-1780), a friend and correspondent of the English author Horace Walpole. The collection was compiled by author, editor, and collector Wilmarth S. Lewis (1895-1979). It includes letters exchanged between du Deffand and her wide circle of friends and acquaintances, manuscripts including verses, essays, memoirs, word...
Dates: 1706-1858, bulk 1760-1780

Lewis Walpole Library Sales and Auction Catalog Collection

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Call Number: 125 L979
Abstract: The Lewis Walpole Library Sales and Auction Catalog Collection—comprised of catalogs, lists, and pamphlets issued by a wide range of booksellers, art dealers, and major and minor auction houses—was largely assembled by author, editor, and collector Wilmarth S. Lewis (1895-1979). The collection spans the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and reflects Lewis’s various scholarly interests, which were primarily centered on the life and work of English author and antiquarian Horace Walpole and...
Dates: 1900-2018, bulk 1950-1979

W. S. Lewis Collection of George Selwyn Correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 39
Abstract:

The collection consists of letters sent to George Selwyn by nearly one hundred friends, associates, and family members; they range in content from short formal notes of invitation to long and descriptive letters from friends in his social and political circles. Also present are five letters written by Selwyn to colleagues and unidentified recipients.

Dates: 1739-1788

Lewis Walpole Library Topographical Prints Collection

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Call Number: LWL MSS 34
Abstract:

A collection of 18th- and 19th-century prints, mostly extracted from publications, arranged geographically.

Dates: 1688-1900, bulk 1706-1880

W. S. Lewis Collection of Helen and Paget Toynbee

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 29
Abstract:

The collection contains correspondence and research materials related to publications on Horace Walpole edited by Helen Toynbee and Paget Toynbee, as well as press clippings documenting the reception of their work.

Dates: 1888-1932