BIB_ID
288105
Accession number
MA 1302.4
Creator
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Display Date
1841 Jan. 23-Mar. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 v. (ca. 142 p.), bound ; 19.2 cm
Notes
High reserve.
In 1878-1885, H.G.O. Blake published selections from Thoreau's journals. This volume has blue pencil use-marks by Blake on 104 pages.
Pages 1-33 of MA 1302.4 consist of an 1841 transcription of Thoreau's original journal. Thoreau originally began his journal in two large volumes, of 546 and 396 pages respectively. These first two original volumes were transcribed into four smaller journals by Thoreau after 31 January 1841 (possibly in October-November 1841). Neither of the two original volumes is extant, although a few scattered leaves from the first and Thoreau's partial indexes to both volumes survive. MA 1302.2 (p. 74-120), the entirety of MA 1302.3, and MA 1302.4 (p. 1-33) consist of the 1841 transcription of the second original volume of the journal.--Cf. Broderick.
Part of a collection of 39 journals written by Thoreau between 1837 and 1861. The journals are described in 39 individual records.
Top section of front flyleaf cut away.
With penciled notes hand on the front paste-down, 1 preliminary page, and index to the volume on the back paste-down.
With quotations from Homer, Milton, Wordsworth, and others.
Written on 142 pages, paginated 1-142, 145-147. Front free endpaper and front fly leaf unnumbered; p. 143-144 excised.
In 1878-1885, H.G.O. Blake published selections from Thoreau's journals. This volume has blue pencil use-marks by Blake on 104 pages.
Pages 1-33 of MA 1302.4 consist of an 1841 transcription of Thoreau's original journal. Thoreau originally began his journal in two large volumes, of 546 and 396 pages respectively. These first two original volumes were transcribed into four smaller journals by Thoreau after 31 January 1841 (possibly in October-November 1841). Neither of the two original volumes is extant, although a few scattered leaves from the first and Thoreau's partial indexes to both volumes survive. MA 1302.2 (p. 74-120), the entirety of MA 1302.3, and MA 1302.4 (p. 1-33) consist of the 1841 transcription of the second original volume of the journal.--Cf. Broderick.
Part of a collection of 39 journals written by Thoreau between 1837 and 1861. The journals are described in 39 individual records.
Top section of front flyleaf cut away.
With penciled notes hand on the front paste-down, 1 preliminary page, and index to the volume on the back paste-down.
With quotations from Homer, Milton, Wordsworth, and others.
Written on 142 pages, paginated 1-142, 145-147. Front free endpaper and front fly leaf unnumbered; p. 143-144 excised.
Provenance
By descent in 1862 to Thoreau's sister, Sophia; by descent in 1876 to Thoreau's friend and correspondent, H.G.O. Blake; by descent in 1898 to E.H. Russell; sold around 1906; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Housed in
Brown quarter leather drop-spine box (27.8 cm)
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