BIB_ID
131236
Accession number
MA 2790
Creator
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.
Display Date
[ca. 1861-1863].
Credit line
Purchased, 1970.
Description
1 item (22 p.), bound ; 28.5 cm
Notes
Preceded by a sonnet (1 p.) beginning "Yes, doubtless it is true as hath been said," heavily revised and dated May, 1863.
Signature of Scott on flyleaf dated January 1850; the text of the poem is on paper with the watermark 1861. A preliminary sonnet is dated May 1863.
Signature of Scott on flyleaf dated January 1850; the text of the poem is on paper with the watermark 1861. A preliminary sonnet is dated May 1863.
Provenance
Bookplate of William B. Scott; purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1970.
Summary
Written on the rectos of 22 leaves, with corrections and revisions throughout.
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