BIB_ID
283978
Accession number
MA 997.51
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
1880 July 9.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908?
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "My dear Sir."
Part of a collection that includes 66 letters written by Robert Browning, many of them addressed to his publisher, and two prints; items are described individually in 68 records (MA 997.1-68).
Part of a collection that includes 66 letters written by Robert Browning, many of them addressed to his publisher, and two prints; items are described individually in 68 records (MA 997.1-68).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Knight Collection, 1908?
Summary
Telling him his method of giving the original text and including textual variations in a note is "incontestably preferable to any other"; expressing his dissatisfaction at how some passages are spoiled by their corrections.
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