BIB_ID
131749
Accession number
MA 436-438
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1814-1815].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, 1882.
Description
3 v. (157, 124, 109 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes
Dating: Scott began writing Guy Mannering in December 1814 and completed the manuscript by mid-February 1815. It was advertised as in the press on 21 December 1814.
One page of the manuscript is in the hand of Mrs. Scott.
The text varies in several places from the first published version.
One page of the manuscript is in the hand of Mrs. Scott.
The text varies in several places from the first published version.
Provenance
Presented by Sir Walter Scott to the printer Archibald Constable in 1823; his sale (London, Evans, 1831) to Thorpe for Richard Heber; his sale (19 February 1836) to the dealer Redwell; Earl of Clare sale (London, Sotheby's, 31 January 1881, lot 152) to Junius S. Morgan; presented by Morgan to his son J. Pierpont Morgan, 1882.
Summary
Written on the rectos and with corrections and additions on some versos of 390 leaves.
Housed in
3 blue cloth drop-spine boxes (all 31.5 cm)
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