Student library info ▿The Student library info pertains to the period when Beckett was a student at Trinity College Dublin (1923-1927) and a lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and TCD (1928-1931). It explains when he is thought to have acquired and read the book in question, based on his inscription, as well as various external sources including the official TCD college calendars, his 'Dream' Notebook, and his letters.Read: by January 1926.
Beckett used this edition published in Milan instead of the "Canzoniere" recommended by the TCD College Calendars. Beckett dates his reading experience with the marginal remark "1926" at the end of sonnets VIII and XX.
Le Rime del Petrarca, Vol.2
Milan: Nicolò Bettoni, 1824
Location: The private collection of Anne Atik, Paris
Inscription:'Eliza Jane de [Visma] / the gift of her dear Father / 1836'
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Le Rime del Petrarca, Vol.
Milan: Nicolò Bettoni, 1824
Location: The private collection of Anne Atik, Paris
Inscription:
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Available scans ▿cover, insideflyleaf, titlepage1, titlepage2, 5, 8, 13, 17, 23, 24, 29, 35, 36, 39, 42, 44, 48, 49, 53, 54, 56, 60, 63, 66, 79, 80, 89, 91, 95, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 121, 124, 182, 183, 184, 185, 188, 189, index.
