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Essay on Christianity : portion of the autograph first draft of the essay, undated [1813 or later].

BIB_ID
137671
Accession number
MA 1069
Creator
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.
Display Date
undated [1813 or later].
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 32.8 cm
Notes
Dating: The related Bodleian notebook has been dated by David Lee Clark (1954) to 1812-1815, although most Shelley scholars date the notebook to 1815-1819. The Morgan's leaf is watermarked 1813.
Watermark: 1813.
Provenance
Bookplate of Jerome Kern; purchased at his sale (New York, Anderson Galleries, January 1929).
Summary
A portion of the first draft of the essay, headed Chapter 2, with corrections and revisions throughout.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (37 cm)