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Receipt signed : London, being the consideration for an edition of ... Sartor resartus, 1849 Feb. 14.

BIB_ID
284751
Accession number
MA 741.33
Display Date
1849 Feb. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 8 x 19.4 cm
Notes
Part of a bound collection of 56 letters and notes from Thomas Carlyle, 7 signed receipts, 4 prints, and a photograph; items in the collection are described individually (MA 741.1-68).
Signed by Thomas Carlyle, with a seal on the left side.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
"Received of Messrs. Chapman & Hall the sum of one hundred pounds being the consideration for an edition of 1250 copies of 'Sartor Resartus,' printed by them -- no other edition to be printed till that is sold."