BIB_ID
131716
Accession number
MA 390
Creator
Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895.
Display Date
1859-1894.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 v. (274 p.), bound ; 15.9 cm
Notes
A preliminary page containing clippings and notes about travels is dated "Giorgio Augusto Sala / colla grazia d'Iddio! / 8 Salisbury Street, Strand / London / 30 Gennajo 1859."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from Mrs. Sala in 1907.
Summary
A commonplace book written in a very close hand, with some entries headed by brief personal notes or descriptions of the weather. Followed by a 34 p. index and by ca. 58 p. containing clippings related to Sala, his circle, and the London literary world. Text of the commonplace book is also preceded by five pages of clippings and two additional clippings loosely inserted.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (18.2 cm)
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