The adventures of Mr. Verdant Green : portion of the autograph manuscript, ca. 1853.

Record ID: 
80162
Accession number: 
MA 20
Author: 
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827-1889.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1896.
Description: 
1 item (74 p., bound) : ill. ; 32.2 cm.
Notes: 

Consisting of Part 1, chapter VI to Part 2, chapter X, of printed edition of 1853.
With a drawing on the title page of an angel playing a harp (signed Edward Bradley, Univ. Coll. Durham, Nov. 1846) and 13 illustrations glued in from the printed book. These illustrations are labeled MA 20.2-14 and correspond to illustrations on p. 66-117 of the printed edition of 1857 (Blackwood).

Housed in: 
Blue cloth drop-spine box (35.5 cm)
Binding: 
Blue leather with gold-tooled border, silk doublures, by Riviere & Son.
Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1896.