BIB_ID
131711
Accession number
MA 451.1
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1812-1813].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (ca. 60 p.) ; 25.6-30.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection containing three poems including The Bridal of Triermain and two autograph articles. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
When purchased by Pierpont Morgan, this manuscript was bound with the autograph manuscripts of Waverley (MA 541) and Ivanhoe (MA 440) in brown leather stamped in gilt with a coat of arms with a stag and the word "Vigilantia" (Cadell's crest). This volume was disbound in 1931; Ivanhoe was put into a green morocco gilt binding by Rivière; Waverley was bound in brown half leather over brown cloth covered boards; The Bridal of Triermain was returned to the original binding.
When purchased by Pierpont Morgan, this manuscript was bound with the autograph manuscripts of Waverley (MA 541) and Ivanhoe (MA 440) in brown leather stamped in gilt with a coat of arms with a stag and the word "Vigilantia" (Cadell's crest). This volume was disbound in 1931; Ivanhoe was put into a green morocco gilt binding by Rivière; Waverley was bound in brown half leather over brown cloth covered boards; The Bridal of Triermain was returned to the original binding.
Provenance
Robert Cadell; his sale (London, Christie's, July 6, 1867) to Mr. Hope Scott; by descent to his daughter the Hon. Mrs. Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott; her sale (London, Sotheby's as part of the Birket Foster sale, June 11, 1894) to Mattie; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from A.L. Isaacs in 1901.
Summary
Being portions of the autograph manuscript of the poem, written on the rectos and with corrections and additions on some versos of 55 leaves. The manuscript has been collated against the first edition, and contains: Introduction; Canto II (from beginning (p. 53) to Stanza XVI (p. 77), and p. 83 to p. 90); Introduction to Canto III; Canto III (from beginning (p. 117) to Stanza XV, p. 150; p. 154 to p. 174; p. 177 to End); Conclusion. N. B. Page numbers refer to the first edition.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (32.7 cm)
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