BIB_ID
157380
Accession number
MA 130.1-22
Creator
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Display Date
[1690]-1700.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900 or 1901.
Description
1 v. (22 items), unbound : ill., ports. ; size varies
Provenance
Purchased by Sabin from the [Sir Thomas] Phillipps sale, June 7, 1898, lot 313; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Sabin, 1900 or 1901.
Summary
This collection consists of 4 letters from Dryden to Jacob Tonson (MA 130.1-4); 9 letters from Dryden to Mrs. Elizabeth Steward (MA 130.5-13); 4 letters from Dryden to William Walsh (MA 130.14-17); a letter from Charles Dryden to Mrs. Elizabeth Steward written on the back of one of John Dryden's letters (MA 130.9); a letter from Sir Henry Turner Dryden to Henry Adams (MA 130.18); 2 engravings of John Dryden (MA 130.19 and MA 130.21); a drawing of John Dryden (MA 130.20); and an engraving of William Walsh (MA 130.22). Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 130.1-22).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (33.6 x 24.7 cm)
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