BIB_ID
284771
Accession number
MA 741.41
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1868 May 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
A note in an unknown hand on p. 2 suggests that the letter is to Robson, Carlyle's printer. The letter may also be to someone at Chapman and Hall, possibly Frederic Chapman. Chapman and Hall published a 30-volume library edition of Carlyle's works in 1869.
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).
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).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Discussing a library edition of his works.
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