BIB_ID
108229
Accession number
MA 34.1-7
Display Date
1825-1896.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 box (7 items), unbound ; size varies
Provenance
"The death of flowers" given by Bryant to Nathaniel Parker Willis; collection bound together for the New-York Co-Operative Society; purchased from the New-York Co-Operative Society by Pierpont Morgan in November 1908.
Summary
Collection consists of a fair copy of W.C. Bryant's "The Death of Flowers," an unsigned biographical sketch of Bryant by Nathaniel Parker Willis, three engravings of Bryant (one signed), an engraving of Bryant's home in Roslyn, N.Y., and a signed engraving of Willis. Items are described in individual records (MA 34.1-7).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (35.4 cm)
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