BIB_ID
313758
Accession number
MA 450.2
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1827].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (ca. 40 p.) ; 26cm
Notes
Bound with a portion of the autograph manuscript of The History of Scotland (MA 450.1), a portion of the autograph manuscript of the third series of Tales of a Grandfather (MA 450.3), and two unrelated letters (MA 450.4-5); see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Given by the author to Robert Cadell in 1831; his sale (London, Christie's, July 9, 1868) to Mr. F. Richardson; sale (London, Sotheby's, 1897); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from C. Daniell in 1897.
Summary
Being a fragment of an autograph draft of the first series of Tales of a Grandfather, containing material related to Vol. 3. The manuscript, which is written on the rectos and contains autograph corrections and additions on most of the versos of 20 leaves, differs greatly from the printed text.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (36.3 cm)
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