BIB_ID
131872
Accession number
MA 449
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1823].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (367 p.) ; 27.7 cm
Notes
Text of the novel is preceded by a signed attestation by Robert Cadell dated 1834 reading "This, the original manuscript of St. Ronan's Well, I received as a gift from Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford on 9th April 1831."
Provenance
Given by the author to Robert Cadell in 1831; his sale (London, Christie's, July 9, 1868, no. 7) to Mr. Lauder; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the dealer Sotheran in 1900.
Summary
Written on the rectos and with corrections and additions on most versos of 219 leaves. Each book has been foliated individually: Book I contains 73 leaves; Book II contains 71 leaves; Book III contains 75 leaves.
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