BIB_ID
107312
Accession number
MA 903.1
Creator
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859.
Display Date
Place not identified, undated.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.9 x 18.2 cm
Notes
De Quincey's correspondent may be a publisher.
De Quincey cites the verses from Horace as "Ode 21, Book 1."
De Quincey cites the verses from Horace as "Ode 21, Book 1."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight as part of the Knight Collection, 1908.
Summary
Saying that he finished his copy (presumably of a manuscript) at 5 a.m. that morning, but it needs to be abridged and is also illegible; referring to his unhappiness; including a translation of two verses from Horace, specifically Book 1:38, Persicos odi, beginning "I hate this persian pomp, I tire / Of flowery Crowns, & gaudy Show."
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