BIB_ID
419433
Accession number
MA 903.1-5
Creator
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859.
Display Date
Places of writing not identified, undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (27 pages) ; various sizes
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight as part of the Knight Collection, 1908.
Summary
A collection of five autograph items, a letter and four literary manuscripts. The literary manuscripts consist of: two reviews of works by Robert Ferguson and James Frederick Ferrier; an essay on the American publication of De Quincey's collected works; and two biographical sketches of William Wordsworth. Nearly all the items are fragmentary. The places and dates of writing are uncertain. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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