Record ID:
268242
Accession number:
MA 893
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description:
1 item (59 p.), bound : ill. ; 8.9 x 19.4 cm.
Notes:
Includes a sketch of a leaf on the first page of the manuscript.
Summary:
The manuscript also includes "The Union," an autograph anecdote (11 lines); "Beaujolin's travels of two Frenchmen," autograph notes which provide historical context for Edgeworth's play, The Knapsack (2 p.); and two autograph outlines for The Knapsack (10 p.).
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (25.1 cm)
Binding:
Red leather, lettered "Maria Edgeworth / Lame Jervas / The original holograph manuscript," by Riviere & Son (18.3 cm)
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
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