BIB_ID
414095
Accession number
MA 205.1-28
Display Date
England, 1700-1821.
Credit line
Purchased, 1896.
Description
28 items, unbound ; 41 x 29.8 cm, or smaller
Notes
All individual items comprising this collection have been cataloged separately (see MA 205.1- MA 205.28).
Provenance
John Dillon sale, June 1869, lot 574; purchased from the London dealer Sotheran, 1896.
Summary
Collection consists of original subscriber's receipt issued by Pope for his translation of the Iliad; letters from Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Hester Piozzi; and 24 portrait prints of Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope and his contemporaries, Mrs. Pope, Hester Piozzi, etc. Accompanying items cataloged separately as MA 205.1-28. Formerly housed with the manuscript of Johnson's Life of Pope; for more information see main record for MA 205.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (47 cm)
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