BIB_ID
137709
Accession number
MA 412
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
1835 Oct. 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (276 leaves) ; 20 cm.
Notes
The manuscript is signed "Katherine Southey / Keswick." on the verso of the page preceding the Preface. Katherine is the daughter of Robert Southey.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Written, with revision and corrections, on the rectos of 276 leaves and written on approximately half of the versos. Revisions, additions and corrections have also been pasted on some rectos and versos. The author has foliated 258 pages both on the recto and on the verso. Chapter 1 is preceded by an autograph Preface, with an engraving under the word "Preface."
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