Manfred : autograph manuscript of the play, [1816 July-1817 Mar.].
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Record ID:
81809
Accession number:
MA 59.2
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description:
1 item (104 p.), unbound ; 20.4-23.9 cm
Notes:
Draft is unsigned.
Includes a leaf at the end of the manuscript with a 30-line version of "Ashtaroth's Song" (first line: "The Raven sits") from Act III, Scene i of Manfred.
Housed with Byron's autograph manuscript of Il Morgante Maggiore, which is described in a separate record (MA 59.1).
High reserve.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (43.6 cm)
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Sotheran, 1900.
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