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Collection of manuscripts related to Tales of a grandfather, [1827-1830].

BIB_ID
313762
Accession number
MA 450.1-5
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1827-1830].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 v. (5 items), bound ; 34.2 cm
Notes
A signed attestation by Robert Cadell on a preliminary leaf reads "The Fragments of the Original Manuscript of The Tales of a Grandfather which are contained in this volume I received as a gift from Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford on 9th April 1831."
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
Collection contains portions of the autograph manuscripts of The History of Scotland (MA 450.1); Tales of a Grandfather [1st series] (MA 450.2); Tales of a Grandfather [3rd series] (MA 450.3); and two unrelated letters (MA 450.4-5). Items have been described individually in five separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (36.3 cm)