He is himself a "shadowy figure", only known by his dedicatory letter to King William as a monk of Jumièges.

Hrabanus Maurus wrote a dedicatory letter to Judith, exalting her "praiseworthy intellect" and for her "good works".

Pope added to the second edition the following dedicatory letter:

The second edition appeared without the dedicatory letter.

In addition, the dedicatory letter, prefaces of all four books and the epilogue have been printed various times:

In the dedicatory letter Estwick deplores the tendency of the age to 'a neglect, if not a disuse, of church musick.'

The book, which is composed of 111 pages, opens with a dedicatory letter and a table of contents.

The dedicatory letter on the preface of the Gesta fixes completion of the origin text between 1112 and 1118.

He explained his reasons for doing so in a dedicatory letter to his children, dated November 1849, which was inserted at the beginning of the book:

"The Good Soldier" bears a retroactive dedicatory letter to Bowen, one of the most touching dedications of all time.