Record ID:
81704
Accession number:
MA 65.1
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description:
1 item (186 p., 97 p. of which are in Byron's hand, bound) ; 27.2 cm
Notes:
Each page of Byron's manuscript faces a transcription of the page by George D'Aguilar with the exception of five pages that were inserted in 1932: p. 13-14 (labeled 6a), p. 63-6 (30a-b), p. 85-6 (39a), and p. 91-2 (41a). According to Belle da Costa Greene, these five pages were written after the rest of the poem and sent to John Murray, Byron's publisher, for insertion in the second edition of Jan. 1814.
Formerly bound with Byron's autograph manuscript of The castled crag of Drachenfels (MA 65.2), now housed separately.
High reserve.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (29 cm)
Binding:
Red leather, blind stamped and lettered "The Corsair / Original autograph MS. By Lord Byron / M.DCCC.XIII"; metal clasp, stamped "Flavelle"; spine title "The Corsair MS"; bound by George Mullen, Dublin.
Provenance:
These manuscripts were given by Augusta Leigh, Byron's half-sister, to George D'Aguilar in 1830. Henry Torrens D'Aguilar's name also appears on the front flyleaf.
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