The Yorkshire Post publishes an article concerning an upcoming exhibition of some material from the Brotherton Collection that includes some Brontë items.
A FIRST collected edition of Shakespeare plays and the childhood writings of Branwell Brontë are among the literary treasures set to go on display as a Yorkshire library marks an important birthday.
Items from the Brotherton Collection, considered one of the finest collections of rare books and documents in the country, are to be opened up to public view in Leeds.
Lord Brotherton of Wakefield amassed the collection before donating it and the magnificent building that houses it to the University of Leeds.
Now the university is to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth by putting some of the finest items on show and inviting some of Lord Brotherton's relatives to a reception to celebrate his legacy.
The exhibition includes a first folio of Shakespeare's plays, the first collected edition of his works published seven years after his death. (...)
The writing of the Brontës are known around the world and the exhibition includes Letters from an Englishman, booklets of stories that were constructed by Branwell Brontë. (...)
The exhibition will be open to the public to view by appointment from Friday.
According to the
Leeds University LibraryThe Brontë (Brotherton Collection) printed collection contains: ca. 400 items and it's not fully catalogued yet.
Nevertheless a list of Brontë items, we don't know if complete or not, can be found
here.
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