BIB_ID
136238
Accession number
MA 693.35
Creator
Rivington, Charles, 1754-1831.
Display Date
1801 Feb. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Rev. Dr. Walker King / Harley Street / Cavendish Square."
Part of a collection of letters related to Edmund Burke; see main record for MA 693 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of letters related to Edmund Burke; see main record for MA 693 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.
Summary
Sending a "specimen of the Octavo Edition of Mr. [Edmund] Burke's Works" for his inspection; telling him that he is sending a duplicate to Dr. [French] Laurence for his approval; expressing his hope that he will be able to have the "Works ... ready for publication early in June."
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